He is an eloquent man who can speak of low things acutely, and of great things with dignity, and of moderate things with temper. Cic.
He is an unfortunate and on the way to ruin 20 who will not do what he can, but is ambitious to do what he cannot. Goethe.
He is below himself who is not above an injury. Quarles.
He is best served who has no need to put the hands of others at the end of his arms. Rousseau.
He is but a bastard to the time / That doth not smack of observation. King John, i. 1.
He is but the counterfeit of a man who hath not the life of a man. Shakespeare.
He is gentil that doth gentil dedes. Chaucer. 25
He is great who is what he is from nature, and who never reminds us of others. Emerson.
He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his own home. Goethe.
He is happy who is forsaken by his passions. Hitopadesa.