The majority is always wrong; the minority is rarely right.
What ought a man be? Well, my short answer is 'himself'.
You see, there are some people that one loves, and others that perhaps one would rather be with.
Before I write down one word, I have to have the character in my mind through and through. I must penetrate into the last wrinkle of his soul.
Almost everyone who has gone to the bad early in life has had a deceitful mother.
If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground.