To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.
Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man.
Truth in spirit, not truth to the letter, is the true veracity.
Am I no a bonny fighter?
When I was a boy, I was a bit puzzled, and hardly knew weather it was myself or the world that was curious and worth looking into. Now I know that it is myself, and stick to that.
Bright is the ring of words When the right man rings them.