9. When they tried to teach me to sing, they told me to “think of eight and sing seven.”—Hale.
10. It was death also for a soldier to leave his colors.—Prescott.
11. I seem to have made foolish friendships ever since.—Lamb.
12. The general course of misrule leaves them helpless, to be the burden of the rest.—Ruskin.
13. There is nothing to be done but to turn round and hoe back to the other end.—Warner.
14. The sentinel warns them not to approach too closely.—Howells.
15. To forget Homer, to cease to be concerned and even curious about Homer, is to make a fatal step towards a new barbarism.—Lang.
16. Ladies of rank and of luxurious habits, you know, cannot be expected to surmise the details of poverty.—George Eliot.
17. One of the most important lessons to be learned in life is the art of economizing time.
18. There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us.—Emerson.