You can construct the character of a man and his
age not only from what he does and says, but from what he fails to say
and do.

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 he himself can damage that. His reputations what
men say he is. That can be damaged; but reputation is for time

If you see in any given situation only what
everybody else can see, you can be said to be so much a representative
of your culture than you are a victim of it.