Character is not cut in marble; it is not something solid and unalterable. It is something living and changing, and may become diseased as our bodies do.
Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principals, which direct them.
It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.
The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older.
