I want to leave behind me the name of a fellow who never bullied a little boy, or turned his back on a big one.

Heaven, they say, protects children, sailors, and drunken men; and whatever answers to Heaven in the academical system protects freshmen.

Christ's whole life on earth was the assertion and example of true manliness — the setting forth in living act and word what man is meant to be, and how he should carry himself in this world of God — one long campaign in which the temptation stands out as the first great battle and victory.

Gambling makes boys selfish and cruel as well as men.

He who has conquered his own coward spirit has conquered the whole outward world.

Remember there's always a voice saying the right thing to you somewhere if you'll only listen for it.

We all have to learn, in one way or another, that neither men nor boys get second chances in this world. We all get new chances to the end of our lives, but not second chances in the same set of circumstances; and the great difference between one person and another is how he takes hold and uses his first chance, and how he takes his fall if it is scored against him.