ou will know how to
command.--LUBBOCK

One who is contented with what he has done will
never become famous for what he will do.

Be not simply good, be good for
something.--THOREAU

The better part of valour is
discretion.--SHAKESPEARE

They that touch pitch will be
defiled.--SHAKESPEARE

Ill blows the wind that profits
nobody.--SHAKESPEARE

Honour and shame from no condition rise;
Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
--POPE

True happiness consists not in the multitude of
friends, but in their worth and choice.--BEN
JONSON

One "do" is worth a thousand "don'ts" in the
destruction of evil or the production of
good.--HUGHES

I look upon the simple and childish virtues of
veracity and honesty as the root of all that is
sublime in character.--EMERSON

Remember that though it is a good thing to be a
great man, it is a great thing to be a good
man.

Striving not to be rich or great,
Never questioning fortune or fate,
Contented slowly to earn, and wait.

In the workshop, on the farm,
Or wherever you may be,
From your future efforts, boys,
Comes a nation's destiny.

It is a low benefit to give me something; it is
a high benefit to enable me to do something of
myself.--EMERSON

Greatly begin! though thou hast time
But for a line, be that sublime,--
Not failure, but low aim, is crime.
--LOWELL

Never give up! 'Tis the secret of glory;
Nothing so wise can philosophy preach;
Look at the lives that are famous in story;
"Never give up" is the lesson they teach.

It is a good thing to be rich, and a good thing
to be strong, but it is a better thing to be
beloved of many friends.--EURIPIDES

Do what conscience says is right;
Do what reason says is best;
Do with all your mind and might;
Do your duty, and be blest.

What men want is not talent, it is purpose; in
other words, not the power to achieve, but the
will to labour.--BULWER-LYTTON

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