Believe That Story False That Ought Not

If The Thought Is Slow To Come, A Glass Of Good Wine Encourages It; And When It Does Come, A Glass Of Good Wine Rewards It.

Tale-bearers Are As Bad As The Tale-makers.

Steal! To Be Sure They May; And, Egad, Serve Your Best Thoughts As Gypsies Do Stolen Children,-disfigure Them To Make 'em Pass For Their Own.

I Open With A Clock Striking, To Beget An Awful Attention In The Audience - It Also Marks The Time, Which Is Four O Clock In The Morning, And Saves A Description Of The Rising Sun, And A Great Deal About Gilding The Eastern Hemisphere.

Be Just Before You Are Generous.