20. One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.—Lowell.
21. His home was at the top of a house of four floors, each with accommodation for at least two families, and here he had lived with his mother since his father’s death six months ago.—Barrie.
22. As usual, the king-bird united the characters of brave defender and tender lover.—Olive T. Miller.
23. And thus I came to the robber’s highway, walking circumspectly, scanning the skyline of every hill, and searching the folds of every valley, for any moving figure.—Blackmore.
24. Mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.—Froude.
25. Every position in life, great or small, can be made as great or as little as we desire to make it.—Dean Stanley.
26. Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessing.—Carlyle.
27. Granted that swimming must be learned; granted that the arts of the orator must be learned.—Hale.
28. Then you can imagine the times that he had with his companions ducking under the rollers; or coming in on top of a comber and landing with a swash and a splutter as the big wave went whirling far up the beach.—Kipling.
29. When each man is true to himself, then must all things prosper.—Spencer.