A man's character is like his guardian divinity. Who can't fight back, is turned into a sort of gift in the hands of others. Feel free to make a gift of yourself. Unschooled good character can be for that, all in all. It's no good getting outsmarted.
Talents are to some extent looked on as gifts.
Good character, on the other hand, is hardly given. It depends in part on good choice, courage and determination along with temperament, and firmness comes in between. Character may be looked at as the long-range sum of a person's favourite choices or preferences, if you like. Few superficial people can distinguish the genuinely good from the other. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades.