Reputation is in itself only a farthing candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out; but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit.
—Lowell.
The making of friends, who are real friends, is the best token we have of a man’s success in life.
—Edward Everett Hale.
“It was only a glad ‘Good-morning’
As she passed along the way,
But it spread the morning’s glory
Over the live long day.”
There is only one way to have good servants; that is, to be worthy of being well served. Only let it be remembered that “kindness” means, as with your child, so with your servant, not indulgence, but care.
—Ruskin.