Broke Is A Temporary Condition, Poor Is

[shahrazad] Had Perused The Books, Annals And Legends Of Preceding Kings, And The Stories, Examples And Instances Of By Gone Men And Things; Indeed It Was Said That She Had Collected A Thousand Books Of Histories Relating To Antique Races And Departed Rulers. She Had Perused The Works Of The Poets And Knew Them By Heart; She Had Studied Philosophy And The Sciences, Arts And Accomplishments; And She Was Pleasant And Polite, Wise And Witty, Well Read And Well Bred.

How Melancholy A Thing Is Success. Whilst Failure Inspirits A Man, Attainment Reads The Sad Prosy Lesson That All Our Glories "are Shadows, Not Substantial Things." Truly Said The Sayer, "disappointment Is The Salt Of Life" A Salutary Bitter Which Strengthens The Mind For Fresh Exertion, And Gives A Double Value To The Prize.

The Men Were Wild As Ourang-outans, And The Women Fit Only To Flog Cattle.

Indeed He Knows Not How To Know Who Knows Not Also How To Un-know.

For Each Believes His Glimm'ering Lamp To Be The Gorgeous Light Of Day.