“The man that makes a character makes foes.”

“Nature magically suits the man to his fortunes, by making these the fruit of his character.”

“Where's the point in fighting and slaying if you can make a friend out of anybeast instead of a foe?”

“Unlike most wars, which make rotten fiction in themselves — all plot and no characters, or made-up characters — Vietnam seems to be the perfect mix: the characters make the war, and the war unmakes the characters. The gods, fates, furies had a relatively small hand in it. The mess was man-made, a synthetic, by think tank out of briefing session.”

“Never make excuses. Your friends don't need them and your foes won't believe them.”

“It is not worth while to try to keep history from repeating itself, for man's character will always make the preventing of the repetitions impossible.”

“One can only influence the strong characters in life, not the weak; and it is the height of vanity to suppose that you can make an honest man of anyone.”

“Every man makes his own summer. The season has no character of its own, unless one is a farmer with a professional concern for the weather.”

“A foe to God was never true friend to man”

“You can make some inferences about a man's character if you know something about the conditions in which he has survived and prospered.”