--GOLDSMITH.
Home is the seminary of all other institutions.--CHAPIN.
HONESTY.--To be honest as this world goes is to be one man picked out
of ten thousand.--SHAKESPEARE.
The man who pauses in his honesty wants little of a villain.--H. MARTYN.
The man who is so conscious of the rectitude of his intentions as to
be willing to open his bosom to the inspection of the world is in
possession of one of the strongest pillars of a decided character. The
course of such a man will be firm and steady, because he has nothing
to fear from the world, and is sure of the approbation and support of
heaven.--WIRT.
Honesty needs no disguise nor ornament; be plain.--OTWAY.
"Honesty is the best policy;" but he who acts on that principle is not
an honest man.--WHATELY.
The first step toward greatness is to be honest, says the proverb; but
the proverb fails to state the case strong enough. Honesty is not only
"the first step toward greatness,"--it is greatness itself.--BOVEE.
Let honesty be as the breath of thy soul, and never forget to have a
penny, when all thy expenses are enumerated and paid: then shalt thou
reach the point of happiness, and independence shall be thy shield and
buckler, thy helmet and crown; then shall thy soul walk upright nor
stoop to the silken wretch because he hath riches, nor pocket an abuse
because the hand which offers it wears a ring set with diamonds.
--FRANKLIN.
Nothing really succeeds which is not based on reality; sham, in a
large sense, is never successful.
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