The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive.

It is ever true that he who does nothing for others, does nothing for himself." ~ Goethe

Noble be man, helpful and good!

I do not speak of what I cannot praise.

What chance gathers, she easily scatters. A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.

To make something you have to be something.

Character - in things great and small - is indicated when a man (or person) pursues with sustained follow-through what he feels himself capable of doing.