Others may try to feed our ego, but it is up to us to constrain it.
A Fox entered the house of an actor and, rummaging through all his properties, came upon a Mask, an admirable imitation of a human head. He placed his paws on it and said, "What a beautiful head! Yet it is of no value, as it entirely lacks brains."
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
If you choose bad companions, no one will believe that you are anything but bad yourself.
It is possible to have too much of a good thing.
Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.