Pearls of Wisdom printed in the "souvenir".
With books or work or healthful play
Let your first years be passed;
That you may give for every day,
Some good account at last.
Hard indeed must a man be made,
By the toil and traffic of gain and trade,
Who loves not the spot where a boy he played.
A boy who feels timid about doing anything mean is far from being a coward.
Every time a boy lies he belittles himself not only in the eyes of his schoolmates, but in his own estimation.
He that would govern others first should be master of himself.
Refuse to do a mean action be it ever so small.
Vain people are seldom happy from thinking of themselves too much.
Profanity never made a gentle man and has ruined thousands.
A mans worth is estimated in this world according to his conduct.
The events of childhood will be remembered longer and better than anything else, so live and act then, boys and girls, that in the far future when recalling them they will bring naught but pleasure.
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