It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

States are as the men they grow out of human characters.

If women were particular about men's characters they would never get married at all.

Sometimes I've been to a party where no one spoke to me for a whole evening. The men frightened by their wives or sweeties would give me a wide berth. And the ladies would gang up in a corner to discuss my dangerous character.

Nearly all men can stand adversity but if you want to test a man's character give him power.

In 1963 and later papers I pointed out that the special market characteristics of medical care and medical insurance could be explained by reference to differences in information among the parties involved.

But I don't think that it's a form of family that I would be comfortable in. I've found a way to this character and this family but I still believe that a marriage is between two people and not seven or three.

The Amateur Marriage grew out of the reflection that of all the opportunities to show differences in character surely an unhappy marriage must be the richest.

The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality but must live with a character.