disposition quotes

If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it.

The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the sign of a just as of an anxious disposition.

If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation?

In the meanest are all the materials of manhood, only they are not rightly disposed.

The eyes of some persons are large, others small, and others of a moderate size; the last-mentioned are the best. And some eyes are projecting, some deep-set, and some moderate, and those which are deep-set have the most acute vision in all animals; the middle position is a sign of the best disposition.