Ambitious Princes Value Inherited Kingdoms Not So

When We Have The Means To Pay For What We Desire, What We Get Is Not So Much What Is Best, As What Is Costliest.

Panic Is A Sudden Desertion Of Us, And A Going Over To The Enemy Of Our Imagination.

The First Step Toward Greatness Is To Be Honest, Says The Proverb; But The Proverb Fails To State The Case Strong Enough. Honesty Is Not Only "the First Step Toward Greatness," - It Is Greatness Itself.

The Trouble With Men Of Sense Is That They Are So Dreadfully In Earnest All The While.

The Natural Wants Are Few, And Easily Gratified: It Is Only Those Which Are Artificial That Perplex Us By Their Multiplicity.