if i were a boy again, i would look on the cheerful side. life is very much like a mirror: if you smile upon it, i smiles back upon you; but if you frown and look doubtful on it, you will get a similar look in return.

　　inner sunshine warms not only the heart of the owner, but of all that come in contact with it. "who shuts love out, in turn shall be shut out from love."

　　importance of learning very early in life to gain that point where a young boy can stand erect, and decline.

　　if i were a boy again, i would school myself to say no more often. i might write pages on the doing an unworthy act because it is unworthy.

　　if i were a boy again, i would demand of myself more courtesy towards my companions and friends, and indeed towards strangers as well. the smallest courtesies along the rough roads of life are like the little birds that sing to us all winter long, and make that season of ice and snow more endurable.

　　finally, instead of trying hard to be happy, as if that were the sole purpose of life, i would, if i were a boy again, i would still try harder to make others happy.