You tell on yourself by the friends
you seek,
By the very manner in which you
speak,
By the way you employ your leisure
time,
By the use you make of dollar and
dime.
You tell what you are by the things
you wear,
By the spirit in which you burdens
bear,
By the kind of things at which you
laugh,
By the records
you play on the phonograph.
You tell what you are by the way
you walk,
By the things of which you delight
to talk,
By the manner in which you bear
defeat,
By so simple a thing as how you
eat.
By the books you choose from the
well-filled shelf:
In these ways and more, you tell
on yourself.
— Author Unknown
