"Picking his way," belongs to a day (April 17) in a "Scrape Book," with the motto of "Luck's all:"
"17th. Had my eye pick'd out by a pavior, who was axing his way, he didn't care where. Sent home in a hackney-chariot that upset. Paid Jarvis a sovereign for a shilling. My luck all over!"
The Schoolmaster's Motto, accompanying "Palmam qui meruit ferat!" is too long for extract.