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Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. -PAUL.

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.-Bible.

"When a man begins to distrust his own word, he naturally becomes a skeptic."-GEORGE HORACE LORIMER. When a man has no good reason for doing a thing, he has one good reason for leaving it alone.

-WALTER SCOTT. When all is holiday, there are no holidays.-Lamb. When death, the great Reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness we repent of, but our severity. -GEORGE ELIOT.

When God has found a man, that man constantly looks around for his neighbor.-GEORGE MACDONALD. When I don't know whether to fight or not, I always fight.-NELSON.

When I found that I was black, I resolved to live as if I were white, and so force men to look below my skin. -ALEXANDER Dumas.

When I have once taken a resolution, I go straight to my aim; I overthrow all, I cut down all.-RICHELIEU. "When in doubt, try to calculate how much greater the other fellow's troubles are than your own."

-GEORGE HORACE LORIMER. When my resolution is taken, all is forgotten except what will make it succeed.-NAPOLEON.

When our actions do not, our fears make us traitors. -SHAKESPEARE.

When passion is on the throne, reason is out of doors. -MATTHEW HENRY.

"When soured by misfortune, do as the yeast-cake does go to work."

When the Bible says "man," it does not mean this man or that man, but humanity.-HENRY W. BELLOWS. When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you until it seems that you cannot hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and the time that the tide will turn.

-HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.

Whene'er I meet my sailing peers, "All's well" I to their hail reply.

-EDITH M. THOMAS.

Where a man can live, he can also live well; but he may not have to live in a palace.-MARCUS AURELIUS. Where boasting ends, there dignity begins.-YOUNG. Where children are, there is the golden age.-Novalis. Where slavery is, there liberty cannot be, and where liberty is, there slavery cannot be.-CHARLES SUMNER. Where truth and right are concerned, we must be firm as God.-GUTHRIE.

Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

-Bible.

Wherever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man, I take it for granted there would be as much generosity if he were a rich man.-POPE.

Whether I speak to one or to thousands in my audience, I always try to do my best.-JOHN B. GOUGH. "While doubt stands still, confidence can erect a skyscraper."

While the most popular man isn't always a failure in business, being popular takes a heap of time.

-GEORGE HORACE LORIMER.

While we are considering when we are to begin, it is often too late to act.-QUINTILLIAN.

While you stand deliberating which book your son shall read first, another boy has read both.

-DR. JOHNSON.

Who conquers me shall find a stubborn foe.-BYRON. Who falls for the love of God, shall rise as a star. -BEN JOHNSON.

Who lives to Nature, rarely can be poor;

Who lives to Fancy, never can be rich.

-YOUNG.

Wholesome exercise in the free air, under the wide sky, is the best medicine for body and spirit.

-SARAH LOUISE ARNOLD. Win hearts and you will have hands and purses. -LORD BURLEIGH.

Wisdom is the principal thing: therefore, get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.-Bible. Wise evolution is the sure safeguard against a revolution.-THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.—Bible. Within one's self must be the source of strength, the basis of consolation.-MARCUS AURELIUS.

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Without care and method, the largest fortune will not, and with them almost the smallest will, supply all necessary expenses.-LORD CHESTERFIELD.

Without courage there cannot be truth; and without truth there can be no other virtue.-WALTER SCOTT. "Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words."

"Words are but leaves, Deeds are the fruit."

"Words are the shadows of actions."

Work has made me what I am. I never ate a bit of idle bread in my life.-DANIEL WEBSTER.

Work is the inevitable condition of human life, the true source of human welfare.-TOLSTOI.

Years of study and thought are often compressed into a single paragraph.—BALLOU.

Yet verily is that man a marvel, whom truth can write, a friend.-TUPPER.

"You are owned by the thought you cultivate."

"You can hide away from the world, but you can't run away from your conscience."

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge one yourself.

-JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE. You may be rich and be pure; but it will cost you a struggle.-BEECHER.

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good.-Lavater.

You must take joy with you or you will not find it even in heaven.-O. S. MARDEN.

"You never can tell when business will tumble up against you."-CUTLIFFE HEINE.

"You will find it a safe rule to take a thing just as quick as it is offered-especially a job."

-GEORGE HORACE LORIMER. You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some with you.-JOUBERT.

You will with difficulty conquer, but conquer you must. -OVID.

Youth will never live to age, unless they keep themselves in health with exercise, and in heart with joyfulness.-PHILIP SIDNEY.

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