Preferment goes by letter and affection.

Preferment goes by letter and affection.

The last of the human freedoms is to choose one's attitudes. -Victor Frank.

The last of the human freedoms is to choose one's attitudes. -Victor Frank.

For many are called, but few are chosen.

For many are called, but few are chosen.

Rather than be less
Car'd not to be at all.

Rather than be less
Car'd not to be at all.

Better to sink beneath the shock
Than moulder piecemeal on the rock!

Better to sink beneath the shock
Than moulder piecemeal on the rock!

Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to read more

Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th's first.

In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people.

In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people.

Thus we see that the all important thing is not killing or giving life, drinking or not drinking, living in read more

Thus we see that the all important thing is not killing or giving life, drinking or not drinking, living in the town or the country, being unlucky or lucky, winning or losing. It is how we win, how we lose, how we live or die, finally, how we choose.

Allow the world to live as it chooses, and allow yourself to live as you choose.

Allow the world to live as it chooses, and allow yourself to live as you choose.