10. Finishing a thing, doing it thoroughly before we begin anything else, is very important to our own happiness and the good of others.—J. F. Clarke.
11. Upon the beach lies a piece of timber, part of a wreck; the wood is torn and the fibres rent where it was battered against the dull edge of the rocks.—Jefferies.
12. And then, being given many rich gifts by the old Rajah, he set out to return home.—Old Deccan Days.
13. There should find a peaceable refuge the odd volumes of honored sets, which go mourning all their days for their lost brother.—Holmes.
14. Look backward only to correct an error of conduct for the next attempt.—George Meredith.
15. Every failure teaches a man something, if he will learn.—Dickens.
16. A man can find more reasons for doing as he wishes than for doing as he ought.—Ruskin.
17. Mist may rest upon the surrounding landscape, but our own path is visible from hour to hour, from day to day.—Gladstone.
18. I cannot, however, but think that the world would be better and brighter if our teachers would dwell on the Duty of Happiness as well as on the Happiness of Duty.—Lubbock.
19. In character, in manners, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.—Longfellow.