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elevate the moral sentiment. Make it a habit to assail your own vices and failings before you assail the vices and failings of others; that is perhaps the best way to discover the secret vices of your inmost mind.

In dealing with yourself be serious; in business be earnest; in intercourse with others be conscientious.

From a man who is not modest in his talk, it is difficult to expect much in the way of action.

Be not concerned that men do not know you; be concerned that you have no ability.

A man who does not anticipate deceit or imagine untrustworthiness, but who can readily detect their presence, must be a very superior man.

A wise and good man seeks seriously to order his conversation aright, for the happiness of others and for the happiness of the world.

The one word which may guide us in practice throughout the whole of life is, perhaps, charity.

In the service of his prince a man should place his duty first, the matter of pay should be with him a secondary consideration.

A man who can carry out five things, whatever else he may be, is a moral man. These five things are, earnestness, consideration for others, trustworthiness, diligence, and generosity.

The love of morality without culture degenerates into fatuity; mere love of knowledge without culture tends to dilettanteism; mere love of honesty without culture produces heartlessness; mere love of uprightness without culture leads to tyranny; mere love of courage without culture produces recklessness; mere love of strength of character without culture produces eccentricity.

I hate the way in which scarlet dims the perception for vermilion. I hate the way in which modern popular airs tend to spoil the taste for good music. I hate