C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917.
John B. Gough
A man is what he is, not what men say he is. His character no man can touch. His character is what he is before his God and his Judge; and only himself can damage that. His reputation is what men say he is. That can be damaged; but reputation is for time, character is for eternity.
A man’s enemies have no power to harm him, if he is true to himself and loyal to God.
Intemperance weaves the winding-sheet of souls.
The evil of infatuation is illustrated by the drunkard.
What you learn from bad habits and in bad society you will never forget, and it will be a lasting pang to you.