d but their character, and yet they stand as
firmly upon it as any crowned king.--SAMUEL SMILES.

The man that makes a character makes foes.--YOUNG.

He's truly valiant that can wisely suffer
The worst that man can breathe;
And make his wrongs his outsides,
To wear them like his raiment, carelessly;
And ne'er prefer his injuries to his heart,
To bring it into danger.
--SHAKESPEARE.

Every man has three characters--that which he exhibits, that which he
has, and that which he thinks he has.--ALPHONSE KARR.

The best rules to form a young man are to talk little, to hear much,
to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's
own opinions, and value others that deserve it.--SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE.

Brains and character rule the world. The most distinguished Frenchman
of the last century said, "Men succeed less by their talents than
their character." There were scores of men a hundred years ago who had
more intellect than Washington. He outlives and overrides them all by
the influence of his character.--WENDELL PHILLIPS.

All men are like in their lower natures; it is in their higher
characters that they differ.--BOVEE.

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends
are all good.--LAVATER.

Give me the character and I will forecast the event. Character, it has
in substance been said, is "victory organized."--BOVEE.

A good character is in all cases the fruit of personal exertion. It is
not inherited from parents, it is not created by external advantages,
it is no necessary appendage of birth, wealth, talents, or station;
but it is the result of one's own endeavors.--HAWES.

Actions, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell
characters.--LAVATER.

CHARITY.--I have much more confidence in the charity which begins in
the home and diverges into a large humanity, than in the world-wide
philanthropy which begins at the outside of our horizon to converge
into egotism.--MRS. JAMESON.

To complain that life has no joys while there is a single creature
whom we can relieve by our bounty, assist by our counsels, or enliven
by our presence, is to lament the loss of that which we possess, and
is just as irrational as to die of thirst with the cup in our
hands.--FITZOSBORNE.

But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right
hand doeth.--MATTHEW 6:3.

The spirit of the world encloses four kind