Abraham Lincoln said it right

Abraham Lincoln had said sometime: "If you want to test a man's character, give him power".

I don't spend even a single day when I don't remember this quote. I have come across so many people who behave differently with different people. A wretched person may be very humble and polite in front of you. You may find that person to be very nice. But wait and see how that person behaves with the people who are even more wretched than him. If he behaves nicely with them, then you can conclude that that person is really a good person.

Imagine a person working hard under his manager's pressure becomes a manager one day. Now you can see the true character he possesses. If you see him treating his team members badly, don't think that he has changed; he is just showing off his true character which was suppressed till date. The housewives, who have little chance to show off their power anywhere else (except to their husbands, in some cases though) generally command their maid servants. I know many ladies who when meet their neighbors and relatives spend a considerable amount of time discussing how they control their maid servants while the gentlemen discuss their managers in details. And what about those women who never got any chance to command a maid also? They would pray for the day when their sons will grow up and will bring a daughter-in-law home. That's the time when she'll show her true character. If then the lady behaves reasonably, you can say that the lady had been always a good person. But if the lady makes her daughter-in-law suffer every moment, then it's just another case when a devil has come to its true character.