Anecdotes for boys

Customs vary in different countries. In England, when a man dies without making a will, his property goes to his eldest son. Mr. Glanville, who lived in the days of Charles II.,...

Do you remember what Solomon says about bad company? "Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. For they sleep not except they have done mischief...

A minister in Ireland met a boy going to school, and asked him what book it was which he had under his arm. "It is a _will_, sir," said the boy. "What will?" inquired the minist...

The first duty which man owes, is to _God_; the second, to his _Parents_. They are his appointed guardians, in the season of helplessness and inexperience. God has entrusted him...

John Alsop was about fifteen years old, when his father, who had just moved into a new settlement, was clearing land. One day the father and a neighbor were engaged in building...

Go the world over, and you will find that "honesty is the best policy." Jean Baptiste Colbert was born at Rheims, in France, in the year 1617, of poor parents. When a boy, he wa...

Early discipline, in laborious and useful occupations, is indispensable to the formation of a good character. If God had designed that we should live at ease, without exertion,...

A man's character is formed early in life. There may be some exceptions. In some instances, very great changes take place after a person has grown to manhood. But, even in such...

He that reads to be amused, will be like him that eats to gratify his appetite--an _epicure_. But he who reads to obtain useful information, and to improve his mind, will be lik...

Fools think themselves _great_, in proportion to the show they can make; but it would take a great heap of copper coins to make as much value as a very little piece of gold; and...

should disturb her. A physician was called and every means used for her recovery, but to no purpose. The disease, which was in her head, constantly increased in violence, and sh...

FILIAL PIETY.--George Washington--obey God rather than man--a son's love--filial piety rewarded--filial tenderness--filial impiety punished--think how you will feel when your pa...