A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's.

A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's.

You can measure a man by the opposition it takes to discourage him.

You can measure a man by the opposition it takes to discourage him.

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

What you are thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.

What you are thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

Only the mediocre are always at their best!

Only the mediocre are always at their best!

But now, after that ye have known God, or rather or known of God,
how turn ye again to read more

But now, after that ye have known God, or rather or known of God,
how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye
desire again to be in bondage?

Your father used to come home to my mother, and why may not I be
a chippe of the read more

Your father used to come home to my mother, and why may not I be
a chippe of the same block out of which you two were cutte?

With more capacity for love than earth
Bestows on most of mortal mould and birth,
His early read more

With more capacity for love than earth
Bestows on most of mortal mould and birth,
His early dreams of good out-stripp'd the truth,
And troubled manhood follow'd baffled youth.