“A good character is, in all cases, the fruit of personal exertion. It is not inherited from parents; it is not created by external advantages; it is no necessary appendage of birth, wealth, talents, or station; but it is the result of one's own endeavors, the fruit and reward of good principles manifested in a course of virtuous and honorable action.”
J. Hawes
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“A good name is seldom regained. When character is gone, all is gone, and one of the richest jewels of life is lost forever.”