One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man's laugh before you know anything of him, you may confidently say that he is a good man. Fyodor Dostoevsky
No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleasure the highest good. Marcus Tullius Cicero Man
The good man is the teacher of the bad and the bad is the material from which the good may learn. He who does not value the teacher, or greatly care for the material, is greatly deluded although he may be learned. Such is the essential mystery. Lao-Tzu Learning Mystery
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them. Mark Twain Books