One of the best ways to teach a poem or selection is to begin by creating an interest in a quotation from it. For instance, "Write me as one who loves his fellow men," will lead the way to an acquaintance with the old favorite _Abou Ben Adhem_. In fact, only after the poem has been read and appreciated will a person get the full force of the idea, "Write me as one who loves his fellow men." _One Hundred Choice Quotations_ (Volume I) Early to bed, and early to rise, Is the way to be healthy, wealthy and wise. --Page 48. Had it not been for your buzz I should not even have known you were there. --Page 70. The Rock-a-by Lady from Hushaby street, With poppies that hang from her head to her feet. --Page 94. I saw the dimpling river pass And be the sky's blue looking-glass. --Page 130. In through the window a moonbeam comes, Little gold moonbeam with misty wings. --Page 133. Oh, the world's running over with joy. --Page 147. The honorable gentleman has not told us who is to hang the bell around the Cat's neck. --Page 197. Here is the mill with the humming of thunder, Here is the weir with the wonder of foam, Here is the sluice with the race running under-- Marvelous places, though handy to home. --Page 349. Then she smooths the eyelids down Over those two eyes of brown-- In such soothing, tender wise Cometh Lady Button-Eyes. --Page 367. One must be content with the good one has enjoyed. --Page 379. Oh, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day; 'Twas an angel visited the green earth, And took the flowers away. --Page 411. It matters nothing if one is born in a duck yard, if one can only be hatched from a swan's egg. --Page 427. (Volume II) Did you ever hear of a bird in a cage, that promised to stay in it? --Page 2. The very violets in their bed Fold up their eyelids blue. --Page 32. Rejoice in thy youth, rejoice in thy fresh growth, and in the young life that is within thee. --Page 70. You are more than the Earth, though you are such a dot-- You can love and think, and the Earth cannot. --Page 67. Thank him for his lesson's sake, Thank God's gentle minstrel there, Who, when storms make others quake, Sings of days that brighter were. --Page 214. You must expect to be beat a few times in your life, little man, if you live such a life as a man ought to live. --Page 242. Those that wish to be clean, clean they will be. --Page 247.