The surest protection against temptation is cowardice. The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice. There is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress. Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.
Be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul. The best way to chear yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. When you cannot get a compliment any other way, pay yourself one. The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not. We ought never do wrong when people are looking.