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 "Take thou courage and show thyself a man" (3 Kings ii. 2).

"Watch ye, stand fast in the Faith, do manfully" (1 Cor. xvi. 13).

"The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution; who resists the severest temptation from within and without; who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully; who is calmest in storms, and most fearless under menaces and frowns; whose reliance on truth, on virtue, and on God is most unfaltering - Seneca.

"A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays And confident to-morrows." - Wordsworth.

Of manners gentle, of affection mild; In wit a man, simplicity a child. - Pope.

"Virtue itself offends, when coupled with forbidding manners." - Middleton.

"Roughness is a needless cause of discontent. Severity breedeth fear, but roughness breedeth hate; even reproofs from authority ought to be grave, and not taunting." - Lord Bacon.

In simple manners all the secret lies: Be kind and virtuous, you'll be blest and wise. - Young.