Conscience Is That Peculiar Faculty Of The

Example Teaches Better Than Precept. It Is The Best Modeler Of The Character Of Men And Women. To Set A Lofty Example Is The Richest Bequest A Man Can Leave Behind Him.

Self-control Is Only Courage Under Another Form. It May Also Be Regarded As The Primary Essence Of Character.

It Is Observed At Sea That Men Are Never So Much Disposed To Grumble And Mutiny As When Least Employed. Hence An Old Captain, When There Was Nothing Else To Do, Would Issue The Order To "scour The Anchor.

He Who Recognizes No Higher Logic Than That Of The Shilling May Become A Very Rich Man, And Yet Remain All The While An Exceedingly Poor Creature; For Riches Are No Proof Whatever Of Moral Worth, And Their Glitter Often Serves Only To Draw Attention To The Worthlessness Of Their Possessor, As The Glow-worm's Light Reveals The Grub.

If Character Be Irrecoverably Lost, Then Indeed There Will Be Nothing Left Worth Saving.