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Uncle Peter had evidently been chatting with Shepler, for as they came out the old man was saying, "'Get action' is my motto. Do things. Don't fritter. Be something and be it good and hard. Get action early and often." Shepler nodded. "But men like us are apt to be unreasonable with the young. We expect them to have their own vigour and our wisdom, and the infirmities of neither."
It was in the same speech that he gave the well-known and happy turn to the motto of the Sun newspaper, which was at that time known to be the organ of the Alarmists.
On the box which closed it was a medallion upon which the letters "E.D." were engraved, surrounded by the motto "Semper idem." These initials and devices were also stamped in the corner of the letter enclosed in the envelope, which was that from Mr. Durrien. The letter read as follows: "My dear child, Let me call you this in any case.
After the title of this paper were cited the 28th, 29th, and 30th verses of the tenth chapter of Proverbs. The favorite motto of the Prince, "pro lege, rege, grege," was also affixed to the document. These appeals had, however, but little effect.
Patience, Courage, Judgment looked fair and disclosed nothing wrong; but there was an important reservation to it really the only secret observed. This was the motto in full, known only to the initiated Patience, Courage, Judgment in the pursuit of Pleasure.
Henceforth Henrietta adopted another mode of life; her motto now was: "Whatever my husband chooses, for at home he is my lord!" So the halls of Hidvár overflowed with guests again, and balls, soirées, and picnics followed each other in quick succession.
Now, what do you want with me? You know the motto of the Montfanons: 'Excelsior et firmior' Always higher and always firmer.... One can never do too many good deeds. If it be possible, 'present', as we said to the rollcall." A singular mixture of fervor and of good-nature, of enthusiastic eloquence and of political or religious fanaticism, was Montfanon.
It was all a question of different tops and points of view, and so the book was not finished when he died, still in search of the super-mountain of the widest and largest view, still crying out his motto, "Onward, higher and higher still! You must reach the top!" Beware, O fellow mountaineers, of such ambitions. For that way madness lies. I know the lure and the shock.
Fortunately, D'Artagnan was not a man to listen to the idle talk of those around him, or to the comments that were made on himself. He had adopted the motto, "Act well, and let people talk." Planchet on his part, had adopted this, "Act and say nothing."
It moves by the force, not merely or primarily of the scientific passion for pure knowledge, but also of the moral and social passion for doing good.... There is no better motto which it can have than these words of Bishop Wilson: "To make reason and the will of God prevail."
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