> 5. Reticent, reserved, not many acquaintances, but a few intimate friends. Belonging to no societies perhaps. Carrying in his face the character so plainly to be seen there by the most casual observer, that nobody ever makes to him a dishonorable proposal.
#CharlesWEliot quoted by #RalphBorsodi, sounding like translations of ancient Chinese sages on the superior man...
http://www.thisuglycivilization.com/charles-w-eliot-the-quality-minded-type/