Character is destiny. The unexamined life is not worth living. Character is what you are in the dark. The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands. Character is higher than intellect.
Excellence is habit.
To enjoy things we ought to enjoy . . . No one who desires to become good will become good unless he does good things. Example is not the main thing in life - it is the only thing. A man never describes his own character so clearly as when he describes another's. You can follow all the rules and still be unethical.