No reproof or denunciation is so potent as the silent influence of a good example.
The severest punishment suffered by a sensitive mind, for injury inflicted upon another, is the consciousness of having done it.
Remember, when incited to slander, that it is only he among you who is without sin that may cast the first stone.
Servility is disgusting to a truly noble character, and engenders only contempt.
There is no such thing as "best" in the world of individuals.
True repentance also involves reform.