To No Kind Of Begging Are People

Few People Have Courage Enough To Appear As Good As They Really Are. Most People Confuse Greatness With Power, Despite The Fact That Greatness Has Nothing To Do With Power.

Be What You Are. This Is The First Step Toward Becoming Better Than You Are.

Many People Make Their Own God; And He Is Much What The French May Mean When They Talk Of Le Bon Dieu,--very Indulgent, Rather Weak, Near At Hand When We Want Anything, But Far Away Out Of Sight When We Have A Mind To Do Wrong. Such A God Is As Much An Idol As If He Were An Image Of Stone.

True Goodness Is Like The Glow-worm In This, That It Shines Most When No Eyes Except Those Of Heaven Are Upon It.

What A Pity It Is That There Are So Many Words! Whenever One Wants To Say Anything, Three Or Four Ways Of Saying It Run Into One's Head Together; And One Can't Tell Which To Choose. It Is As Troublesome And Puzzling As Choosing A Ribbon ... Or A Husband.