A celebrated philosopher has said there are three different
personalities about a man. First, there is what God thinks about him;
secondly, what his friends think about him; and, thirdly, what he
thinks of himself.... There is another personality to be thought of,
and that is the opinion of newspapers. It is very difficult to arrange
those different personalities, because one's own opinion is entirely
different from other people's. I like a gentleman who proposes my
health to lay it on thick, as some of it is sure to stick, whether I
deserve it or not.
_Opening of the New Hospital, Abergavenny,
October 6th, 1902._