(noun) A being involved in the action of a story.
"We cannot live better than in seeking to become better."
"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved."
"The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity."
"Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others."
"It is better to be alone than in bad company."
"The measure of a man is what he does with power."
"A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions."
"Sometimes we behave as though there was something more important than life. But what?"
"I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man."
"Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth."
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us."
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."