Character and Conduct – 11 July – Egotism
THE pest of society is egotists.
Category: Church of England
Character and Conduct – 10 July – Gossip
WHEN people run about to disseminate some scrap of news which they alone possess, the result is not usually beneficial either to character or to mind.
Character and Conduct – 9 July – Back-biting
HEED as little as you possibly can to the prejudice of others;
Character and Conduct – 8 July – Gossip
GOSSIP is a beast of prey that does not wait for the death of the creature it devours.
Character and Conduct – 7 July – Truthfulness
TRUTH is violated by falsehood, and it may be equally outraged by silence.
Character and Conduct – 6 July – Truthfulness
EVERY violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society.
Character and Conduct – 5 July – Truthfulness
IT takes two to speak truth—one to speak and another to hear.
Character and Conduct – 4 July – Accuracy
IT is no great advantage to have a lively wit if exactness be wanting. The perfection of a clock does not consist in its going fast, but in its keeping good time.
Character and Conduct – 3 July – Truthfulness
Of all the evil spirits abroad at this hour in this world, insincerity is the most dangerous.
Character and Conduct – 2 July – Truth
Those who habitually sacrifice truth in small things will find it difficult to pay her the respect they should do in great things.
Suffolk Vicar 