The mind is like a sheet of white paper in this, that the impressions it receives the oftenest, and retains the longest, are black ones.

The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men.

The mind is like a sheet of white paper in this, that the impressions it receives the oftenest, and retains the longest, are black ones.

Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.