The time we lose is not in overdoing what we are about, but in doing nothing. - William Hazlitt

An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.

Any one may mouth out a passage with theatrical cadence or get upon stilts to tell his thoughts. But to write or speak with propriety and simplicity is a more difficult task.

Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the colour in your cheek and the fire in your eye, adorn your person, maintain your health, your beauty, and your animal spirits, and you will pass for a fine man.