It’s fitter being sane than mad.
36. To be sure, eyes are not so common as people think, or poets would be plentier.—Lowell.
37. The actual problem to be solved is not what to teach, but how to teach.—C. W. Eliot.
38. If it be the pleasure of heaven that my country shall require the poor offering of my life, the victim shall be ready at the appointed hour of sacrifice, come when that hour may.—Webster.
39. The ministers are good talkers, only the struggle between nature and grace makes some of ’em a little awkward occasionally.—Holmes.
40. I hope your hearts will never get to be so dry and hard that they will not beat responsive to brave and noble deeds, even if they are not exactly prudent.—Munger.
41. For months his only splendid possession had been a penny despised by trade because of a large round hole in it, as if some previous owner had cut a farthing out of it.—Barrie.
42. Better to finish one small enterprise than to leave many large ones half-done.—J. F. Clarke.
43. But woe to the man who is not ready for the opportunity when it comes.—Hale.
44. They were assigned a dwelling place in the vilest and unhealthiest part of the city.—Howells.