I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.
"Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this office."
"What has once happened, will invariably happen again, when the same circumstances which combined to produce it, shall again combine in the same way."
Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.