He was not merely a chip of the old Block, but the old Block
itself.

He was not merely a chip of the old Block, but the old Block
itself.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man read more

Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance. It is character which builds an existence out of circumstance. From the same materials one man builds palaces, another hovels; one warehouses, another villas; bricks and mortar are mortar and bricks until the architect can make them something else.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

Knight without fear and without reproach.
[Fr., Chevalier sans peur et sans reproche.]

Knight without fear and without reproach.
[Fr., Chevalier sans peur et sans reproche.]

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?

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?

Heroic, stoic Cato, the sententious,
Who lent his lady to his friend Hortensius.

Heroic, stoic Cato, the sententious,
Who lent his lady to his friend Hortensius.