Please could I get a character sketch from the dialogues of Duke Senior in As You Like It by Shakespeare?

The sketch of any character's traits in any play is
derived from the dialogue. Direct characterization comes from the character's lines,
while indirect characterization comes from other characters' lines and reactions. Duke
Senior has an interesting role because he serves as the philosophical voice that
mediates different perspectives.

His first speech in Act II, scene i,
orients the audience to his personality and his philosophy. He starts by praising the
pastoral ideal by saying,

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Hath not old custom made this life more
sweet
Than that of painted
pomp?

He then goes on the
explain his philosophy that adversity can prove to be a crowning jewel instead of
venom:

Sweet
are the uses of adversity,
Which, like the toad, ugly and
venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his
head;

In other speeches, for
instance with Orlando and Jacques, he draws out then measures and evaluates the thoughts
of others; and as well, he is the distributor of truth and
justice.

And
all the embossed sores and headed evils,
That thou with licence of free foot
hast caught,
Wouldst thou disgorge into the general
world.