What's a good man if he's weak ?--if his goodness is better than he is himself?
It's the good man who is strong--as strong as his goodness, and who can make his goodness count--who is the right kind of man.

That's what I think." "There's something in that, there's something in that." Then, after a pause: "I played Monday night, after all, Blix, after promising I wouldn't." For a time she did not answer, and when she spoke, she spoke quietly: "Well--I'm glad you told me"; and after a little she added, "Can't you stop, Condy ?" "Why, yes--yes, of course--I--oh, Blix, sometimes I don't know! You can't understand! How could a girl understand the power of it?
Other things, I don't say; but when it comes to gambling, there seems to be another me that does precisely as he chooses, whether I will or not.
But I'm going to do my best.

I haven't played since, although there was plenty of chance.

You see, this card business is only a part of this club life, this city life--like drinking and--other vices of men.
If I didn't have to lead the life, or if I didn't go with that crowd--Sargeant and the rest of those men--it would be different; easier, maybe." "But a man ought to be strong enough to be himself and master of himself anywhere.

Condy, IS there anything in the world better or finer than a strong man ?" "Not unless it is a good woman, Blix." "I suppose I look at it from a woman's point of view; but for me a STRONG man--strong in everything--is the grandest thing in the world.
Women love strong men, Condy.