him, and make him your friend. You may not win him over at once, but
try again. Let one kindness be followed by another, till you have
compassed your end. By little and little, great things are
completed; and repeated kindness will soften the heart of stone.

vii. Whatever you do, do it willingly. A boy that is whipped to
school never learns his lessons well. A man who is compelled to work
cares not how badly it is performed. He that pulls off his coat
cheerfully, turns up his sleeves in earnest, and sings while he
works, is the man of action.

2186. Advice to Young Ladies.

i. If you have blue eyes you need not languish: if black eyes, you
need not stare.

ii. If you have pretty feet there is no occasion to wear short
petticoats: if you are doubtful as to that point, there can be no
harm in letting the petticoats be long.

iii. If you have good teeth, do not laugh in order to show them: if
bad teeth do not laugh less than the occasion may warrant.

iv. If you have pretty hands and arms, you may play on the harp if
you play well: if they are disposed to be clumsy, work tapestry.

v. If you have a bad voice, speak in a subdued tone: if you have the
finest voice in the world, never speak in a high tone.

vi. If you dance well, dance but seldom; if ill, never dance at all.

vii. If you sing well, make no previous excuses: if indifferently,
do not hesitate when you are asked, for few people are judges of
singing, but every one is sensible of a desire to please.

viii. To preserve beauty, rise early.

ix. To preserve esteem, be gentle.

x. To obtain power, be condescending.

xi. To live happily, try to promote the happiness of others.

2187. Daughters.

Mothers who wish not only to discharge well their own duties in the
domestic circle, but to train up their daughters for a later day to
make happy and comfortable firesides for their families, should watch
well, and guard well, the notions which they imbibe and with which
they grow up. There will be many persons ready to fill their young
heads with false and vain fancies, and there is so much always afloat
in society opposed to duty and common sense, that if mothers do not
watch well, their children may contract ideas very fatal to their
future happiness and usefulness, and hold them till they grow into
habits of thought or feeli