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• So noble he was that she felt sure that he was the one destined to wear her mantle, and she went to her father, saying, 'He has asked for the robe, and measured by thy own sterling yardstick, it would fit him in faultlessness, as the falcon's feathers fit the falcon. - "The Little Colonel at Boarding-School", Annie Fellows Johnston.
• Let the general good be our yardstick on every great issue of our time. - "Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present", Various.
• Is it of any use for you to lay down your yardstick and say, " Thus far shalt thou go, and no farther"? - "A New Atmosphere", Gail Hamilton.