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There Is No Friend Like The Old Friend, Who Has Shared Our Morning Days, No Greeting Like His Welcome, No Homage Like His Praise: Fame Is The Scentless Sunflower, With Gaudy Crown Of Gold; But Friendship Is The Breathing Rose, With Sweets In Every Fold.

But I Have Long Thought That If You Knew A Column Of Advertisements By Heart, You Could Achieve Unexpected Felicities With Them. You Can Get A Happy Quotation Anywhere If You Have The Eye.

In Order To Know Whether A Human Being Is Young Or Old, Offer It Food Of Different Kinds At Short Intervals. If Young, It Will Eat Anything At Any Hour Of The Day Or Night.

There Is One Gratification An Old Author Can Afford A Certain Class Of Critics; That Namely, Of Comparing Him As He Is With What He Was. It Is A Pleasure To Mediocrity To Have Its Superiors Brought Within Range.

Knowledge-it Excites Prejudices To Call It Science-is Advancing As Irresistibly, As Majestically, As Remorselessly As The Ocean Moves In Upon The Shore.