February 16

“It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after your won; but the great man is he who, in the midst of the crowd, keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.”

EMERSON

“Do not be the slave of first impressions.”

“True self-consciousness holds to its course. Not recklessly and ruthlessly, not with a contempt for the feelings and judgments of his fellow creatures, but with a serene trust in the justification ensured to every honest endeavour.”

A. N. WARD

“What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule . . . is harder, because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it.”

EMERSON