I never did, or countenanced, in public life, a single act inconsistent with the strictest good faith; having never believed there was one code of morality for a public, and another for a private man. – Thomas Jefferson, 1809

Character is higher than intellect. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every human being has… an attendant spirit…. If it does not always tell us what to do, it always cautions us what not to do. – Lydia M. Child

There is a great deal of self-will in the world, but very little genuine independence of character. – Frederick W. Faber