| 1. | "Can any Inmate give me a motto for M. - from The Best American Humorous Short Stories by Various |
| 2. | "This one thing I do," is a motto of the Osseous. - from How to Analyze People on Sight by Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict |
| 3. | The motto of all the mongoose family is "Run and find out," and Rikki-tikki was a true mongoose. - from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling |
| 4. | "Practice makes perfect." Take this for your motto if you would become expert in analyzing people. - from How to Analyze People on Sight by Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict |
| 5. | And, forgetting his motto "half shares," he took all. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
| 6. | It is a sort of prologue to the play, a motto to the chapter and will be soon followed by matter-of-fact prose.. - from Emma by Jane Austen |
| 7. | And Pius IX his predecessor's motto was Crux upon Crux--that is, Cross upon Cross--to show the difference between their two pontificates.. - from Dubliners by James Joyce |
| 8. | Now, in general, STICK TO THE BOAT, is your true motto in whaling but cases will sometimes happen when LEAP FROM THE BOAT, is still better. - from Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville |
| 9. | Once, when nobody was looking, Gilbert took from his desk a little pink candy heart with a gold motto on it, "You are sweet," and slipped it under the curve of Anne's arm. - from Anne Of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery |