When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.

Sow a thought, and you reap an act; Sow an act, and you reap a habit; Sow a habit, and you reap character; Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.

He whose honor depends on the opinion of the mob must day by day strive with the greatest anxiety, act and scheme in order to retain his reputation. For the mob is varied and inconsistent, and therefore if a reputation is not carefully preserved it dies quickly.

Duty, honor, country. Those three hallowed words dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.