Cheerfulness Is A Very Great Help In

It Is Just As Cowardly To Judge An Absent Person As It Is Wicked To Strike A Defenseless One. Only The Ignorant And Narrow-minded Gossip, For They Speak Of Persons Instead Of Things.

Everyone Who Comes Within The Reach Of Your Knowledge Is, As It Were, On Trial In Your Mind. It Is Easy To Be An Unjust, Ignorant, And Even A Merciless Judge. The Real Character Of The Actions Of Others Depends In Great Measure On The Motives That Prompt Them, And These Motives Are Unknown To You.

A Gentleman Has His Eyes On All Those Present; He Is Tender Toward The Bashful, Gentle Toward The Distant, And Merciful Toward The Absent.

Strength Of Character Means The Ability To Overcome Resentment Against Others, To Hide Hurt Feelings, And To Forgive Quickly.

Your Silent Thoughts Are Like The Roots Of A Plant. They Remain Hidden In The Dark Recesses Of The Earth, But From Them Stems The Whole Plant--its Life And Form, Its Strength And Beauty. From Them And Through Them The Plant Lives And Dies. So, Too, Your Thoughts, Although Hidden, Are Your Real, Vital Force.