I Do Not Regret Having Braved Public

Washington Is Not A Place To Live In. The Rents Are High, The Food Is Bad, The Dust Is Disgusting And The Morals Are Deplorable. Go West, Young Man, Go West And Grow Up With The Country.

The Darkest Hour In Any Man's Life Is When He Sits Down To Plan How To Get Money Without Earning It.

Morality And Religion Are But Words To Him Who Fishes In Gutters For The Means Of Sustaining Life, And Crouches Behind Barrels In The Street For Shelter From The Cutting Blasts Of A Winter Night.

Fame Is A Vapor, Popularity An Accident, And Riches Take Wings. Only One Thing Endures And That Is Character.

If Any Young Man Is About To Commence The World, We Say To Him, Publicly And Privately, Go To The West