In private life he was gentle, loving, and affectionate.

He was simple and homely, even to commonness.

Fond of all common pleasures and enjoyments, he was anything but an austere man, or a bigot; for he was hearty, genial, and even "jolly." Luther was the common people's hero in his lifetime, and he remains so in Germany to this day.
Samuel Johnson was rude and often gruff in manner.

But he had been brought up in a rough school.

Poverty in early life had made him acquainted with strange companions.