You are laying yours now.
Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they may see twice as much as they say.—Colton.
Is it to be a good, firm, durable foundation that will stand through all the years to come? Or is it being built of faulty material and in a manner so careless that in the by and by when, at great pains and expense you have built your life structure upon it, you will find it untenable or so unstable that it will require a great share of your time and attention to keep it patched up so that you can continue to dwell within it?
The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and to possess the aptitude and perseverance to attain it.—Goethe.
Are you playing and working with moderation or are you so thoughtless that you sometimes, in a single hour, inflict wrongs upon your health and your constitution, the sorry effects of which you cannot overcome during your lifetime?
It may be possible that you are studying too hard at school.
Method is the hinge of business, and there is no method without order and punctuality.—Hannah More.
I know that there are many who will smile at the suggestion that the average American schoolboy sticks too closely to his books, but I am sure that such is frequently the case.
The greatest homage we can pay to truth is to use it.—Emerson.