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The Serpent Is Helpless Unless He Finds An Apple To Work With.

Early To Bed And Early To Rise Is A Bad Rule For Anyone Who Wishes To Become Acquainted With Our Most Prominent And Influential People.

After Being Turned Down By Numerous Publishers, He Had Decided To Write For Posterity.

The First Sign Of Extravagance Is To Buy Trousers That One Does Not Need.

I Got The Breaks. Starting From Nowhere In The Corn Belt, I Helped Edit A Country Weekly, Then Was Jack-of-all-departments On An Obscure Daily, So That When I Arrived In A Big City Everything I Tackled In The Line Of Column Conducting And Syndicate Peddling And Playwriting Had To Bring Promotion, Because I Had No Social Standing Which Could Be Endangered, No Reputation To Toss Away And No Pride Which Might Suffer A Setback. Everything I Acquired Had To Be Velvet. You Cannot Lose Your Silver Spoon If You Are Brought Up On Pewter.