What Is Life, But One Long Risk?

I Never Heard Of Anybody Who Admired The Character Of Sheep. Even The Gentlest Human Personalities In Contact With Them Are Annoyed By Their Lack Of Brains, Courage And Initiative, By Their Extraordinary Ability To Get Themselves Into Uncomfortable Or Dangerous Situations And Then Wait In Inert Helplessness For Someone To Rescue Them.

A Mother Is Not A Person To Lean On, But A Person To Make Leaning Unnecessary.

It Was Always Insolent For A Common Man To Take A Chair In The Presence Of A Lady - The Word Lady, We May Be Sure, Capitalized In Her Mind, And Denoting Not Sex But Rank.

You Can't Wish A Body Any Worse Luck Than To Get What He Wants.

Never Since The Dawn Of Human History, As Far As I Can Find Out, Did People Long Settled In Any Region Give A Friendly Welcome To Newcomers. One Of The Disagreeable Traits Of Our Human Nature Seems To Be To Dislike On Sight People Who Come Later Than The First Settlers.