See things from the boy's point of view.

Look wide, and even when you think you are looking wide - look wider still.

It is called in our schools 'beastliness', and this is about the best name for it... should it become a habit it quickly destroys both health and spirits; he becomes feeble in body and mind, and often ends in a lunatic asylum.

Mind you, I have had in my sojourn on earth as good a time of it as any man, so I can speak with some knowledge. A writer in the Manchester Guardian who is unknown to me lately described me as "the richest man in the world." That sounds a pretty big order, but when I come to think it out I believe he is not far wrong. A rich man is not necessarily a man with a whole pot of money but a man who is really happy. And I am that.

"Be Prepared." "Be prepared for what?" "Why, for any old thing."

O God, help me to win, but in thy wisdom if thou willest me not to win, then O God, make me a good loser.

When you want a thing done, 'Don't do it yourself' is a good motto for Scoutmasters.