The evil of infatuation is illustrated by the drunkard.

If you want to succeed in the world must make your own opportunities as you go on. The man who waits for some seventh wave to toss him on dry land will find that the seventh wave is a long time a coming. You can commit no greater folly than to sit by the roadside until someone comes along and invites you to ride with him to wealth or influence.

A man is what he is, not what men say he is. His character no man can touch. His character is what he is before his God and his Judge; and only himself can damage that. His reputation is what men say he is. That can be damaged; but reputation is for time, character is for eternity.

The evil of infatuation is illustrated by the drunkard.

Reputation is for time; character is for eternity.

What you learn from bad habits and in bad society you will never forget, and it will be a lasting pang to you.

You must make your own opportunities.