Work while you work, play while you play; This is the way to be cheerful and gay. All that you do, do with your might; Things done by halves are never done right. --STODART Five things observe with care,-- Of whom you speak, to whom you speak And how, and when, and where. --GRAY See that little sunbeam Darting through the room, Scattering the darkness, Lighting up the gloom. Let me be a sunbeam Everywhere I go, Making glad and happy Every one I know. Sing a song of seasons! Something bright in all! Flowers in the summer, Fires in the fall! --STEVENSON Do all the good you can, In all the ways you can, To all the people you can, Just as long as you can. When you come to think of it, The day is what you make it; And whether good, or whether bad, Depends on how you take it. Slumber, slumber, little one, now The bird is asleep in his nest on the bough; The bird is asleep, he has folded his wings, And over him softly the dream fairy sings: Lullaby, lullaby--lullaby! Pearls in the deep-- Stars in the sky, Dreams in our sleep; So lullaby! --F. D. SHERMAN Dare to be true; nothing can need a lie. The face you wear, the thoughts you bring, A heart may heal or break. He who is good at making excuses is seldom good for anything else.--FRANKLIN To _be_ good is the mother of to _do_ good. I'll not willingly offend, Nor be easily offended; What's amiss I'll try to mend, And endure what can't be mended. A man of words and not of deeds, Is like a garden full of weeds; For when the weeds begin to grow, Then doth the garden overflow. Little children, you must seek Rather to be good than wise, For the thoughts you do not speak Shine out in your cheeks and eyes. --ALICE CARY To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a sabre; for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.--SADI All that's great and good is done Just by patient trying. 'Tis a lesson you should heed, Try, try again; If at first you don't succeed, Try, try again. If a task is once begun, Never leave it till it's done; Be the labour great or small, Do it well, or not at all.