As most of his shortcomings were of a society sort, no great harm was done to anybody else.

He had contracted somewhat the circle of his acquaintance by what some people called his rudeness, but most people treated it as his oddity, and were patient with it.

One lady said she valued his coming when he said he would come because it had the charm of the unexpected.

"Only it shows that it isn't always the unexpected that happens," she explained.
It did not occur to him that his behavior was immoral; he did not realize that it was creating a reputation if not a character for him.
While we are still young we do not realize that our actions have this effect.

It seems to us that people will judge us from what we think and feel.