Hope Is A Pleasant Acquaintance, But An

Punctuality Is The Soul Of Business.

Contentment Is, After All, Simply Refined Indolence.

Avarice Fills Its Purse At The Expense Of Its Belly.

Over-confidence Is As Evil As Undue Anxiety.

Coerced Innocence Is Like An Imprisoned Lark,--open The Door, And It Is Off Forever. The Bird That Roams Through The Sky And The Groves Unrestrained Knows How To Dodge The Hawk And Protect Itself; But The Caged One, The Moment It Leaves Its Bars And Bolts Behind, Is Pounced Upon By The Fowler Or The Vulture.