"There is a kind of character in..." - Quote by William Shakespeare

“I am joined with no foot land-rakers, no long-staff, sixpenny strikers, none of these mad, mustachio purple-hued maltworms, but with nobility and tranquillity.”

“Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.”

“In winter's tedious nights sit by the fire With good old folks, and let them tell thee tales Of woeful ages, long ago betid”

“It is said that a rogue does not look you in the face, neither does an honest man look at you as if he had his reputation to establish.”

“Character is like a tree, and reputation is like its shadow.”

“Courage is rightly considered the foremost of the virtues, for upon it all others depend.”

“The great fun in my life has been getting up every morning and rushing to the typewriter because some new idea has hit me.”

“In different hours, a man represents each of several of his ancestors, as if there were seven or eight of us rolled up in each man's skin, - seven or eight ancestors at least, and they constitute the variety of notes for that new piece of music which his life is.”

“All geniuses die young.”