Show A happy life consists in having a mind that is f free ree upright unafraid and steadfast beyond the reach of desire a mind which reckons virtue the only good baseness the only evil constant good cheer and joy which well from the deep spring of his own soul attend a man thus established whether he wills it or no seneca A number of us find ourselves in this predicament today we have our backs to one wall the while we are trying to read the handwriting on another one thomaston times reputation is what men and women think of us character is what god and the angels know of us thomas paine people seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character emerson |