True worth is in _being_, not _seeming_,-- In doing each day that goes by Some little good--not in the dreaming Of great things to do by and by. No work which God sets a man to do--no work to which God has specially adapted a man's powers--can properly be called either menial or mean.--CARLYLE Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again; Th' eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes in pain, And dies among his worshippers. --BRYANT To thine own self be true; And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou can'st not then be false to any man. --SHAKESPEARE No life Can be pure in its purpose or strong in its strife And all life not be purer and stronger thereby. --LYTTON Knowledge and wisdom far from being one, have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; wisdom is humble that he knows no more.--COWPER Wish not to taste what doth not to thee fall; Do well thyself, before thou striv'st to lead, And truth shall thee deliver without dread. --GEOFFREY CHAUCER Oh, many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word at random spoken, May soothe, or wound, a heart that's broken. --SIR W. SCOTT Govern the lips as they were palace doors, the king within. Tranquil and fair and courteous be all words which from that presence win. --EDWIN ARNOLD Whene'er a noble deed is wrought, Whene'er is spoken a noble thought, Our hearts, in glad surprise, To higher levels rise. --LONGFELLOW Love thyself last; cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues; be just, and fear not. --SHAKESPEARE Not by the power of commerce, art, or pen, Shall our great Empire stand, nor has it stood, But by the noble deeds of noble men-- Heroic lives and heroes' outpoured blood. --F. G. SCOTT Take up the white man's burden-- In patience to abide, To veil the threat of terror And check the show of pride; By open speech and simple, An hundred times made plain, To seek another's profit And work another's gain. --KIPLING