It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A man generally has two reasons for doing a thing. One that sounds good, and a real one.
That men have an interest in knowing the world which surrounds them, and consequently that their reflection should have been applied to it at an early date, is something that everyone will readily admit.
It is usually more important how a man meets his fate than what it is.
Men are often biased in their judgment on account of their sympathy and their interests.
It was a question of helping a man prepare in the way that suits him best. The theory is if you give a man responsibility for his own actions, then it is up to him to accept that responsibility.
A man can look upon his life and accept it as good or evil; it is far, far harder for him to confess that it has been unimportant in the sum of things.
A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.
A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else.
Let's judge a man on what he's done.
In sum, thought and reflection have been rendered thoroughly pointless by the circumstances in which modern men and women live and act.