A boy is supremely confident of his own power, and dislikes being treated as a child.

Vigorous Scout games are the best form of physical education because most of them bring in moral education.

The real way to gain happiness is to give it to others.

The boy is not governed by don't, but is led by do.

A boy can see the smoke rising from Sioux villages under the shadow of the Albert memorial.

Scoutmasters deal with the individual boy rather than with the mass.

Boys can see adventure in a dirty old duck puddle, and if the Scoutmaster is a boys' man he can see it, too.