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• Depend on no man, on no friend, but him who can depend on himself.
  He only who acts conscientiously towards himself will act so towards others, and vice versa....
• He who when called upon to speak a disagreeable truth, tells it boldly and has done, is both bolder and milder than he who nibbles in a low voice and never ceases nibbling.
  -- Lavate...
• The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd.
  The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been....
• He who sedulously attends, pointedly asks, calmly speaks, coolly answers, and ceases when he has no more to say, is in possession of some of the best requisites of man.
  -- Lavate...
• The more honesty a man has, the less he affects the air of a saint.
  The affectation of sanctity is a blotch on the face of piety. -- Lavate...