I Listen To Them Freely And With

Have I Done Anything For Society? I Have Then Done More For Myself. Let That Question And Truth Be Always Present To Thy Mind, And Work Without Cessation.

The Proverb Answers Where The Sermon Fails.

I Listen To Them Freely And With All The Respect Merited By Their Intelligence, Their Character, Their Knowledge, Reserving Always My Incontestable Right Of Criticism And Censure.

To Feel Oppressed By Obligation Is Only To Prove That We Are Incapable Of A Proper Sentiment Of Gratitude. To Receive Favors From The Unworthy Is Simply To Admit That Our Selfishness Is Superior To Our Pride. Most Men Remember Obligations, But Not Often To Be Grateful For Them. The Proud Are Made Sour By The Remembrance And The Vain Silent.

The Only True Source Of Politeness Is Consideration,--that Vigilant Moral Sense Which Never Loses Sight Of The Rights, The Claims, And The Sensibilities Of Others. This Is The One Quality, Over All Others, Necessary To Make A Gentleman.