(8) If a thing admits of being taught, there must be both teachers
and learners of it.
.'. If there are neither teachers nor learners of a thing, that
thing does not admit of being taught.

(9) It is unnecessary to lend books, if they are common, and wrong to lend them, if they are rare. Therefore books should not be lent from public libraries.

(10) Seeing is believing. .'. What is not seen cannot be believed.

(11) St. Paul was not of Jewish blood, for he was a Roman citizen.

(12) To call you an animal is to speak the truth. To call you an ass is to call you an animal. .'. To call you an ass is to speak the truth.

(13) Pain chastens folly. A life of ease must therefore be one of folly incurable.

(14) We cannot be happy in this world; for we must either indulge our passions or combat them.

(15) It must be clear to the most unlettered mind that, as all things were originally created by the Deity, including the hair on our heads and the beards on our faces, there can be no such thing as property.

(16) The crime was committed by the criminal. The criminal was committed by the magistrate. .'. The crime was committed by the magistrate.

(17) General councils are as likely to err as the fallible men of whom they consist.