Gambling makes boys selfish and cruel as well as men.
He who has conquered his own coward spirit has conquered the whole outward world.
Heaven, they say, protects children, sailors, and drunken men; and whatever answers to Heaven in the academical system protects freshmen.
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.
Life isn't all beer and skittles.
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.
Young men are pretty much like a drove of sheep; any one who takes a decided line on certain matters, is sure to lead all the rest.
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