There Ain't No Ticks Like Poly-ticks. Bloodsuckers

I Would Rather Be Beaten, And Be A Man, Than To Be Elected And Be A Little Puppy Dog.

Make Sure You're Right, Then Go Ahead.

Fame Is Like A Shaved Pig With A Greased Tail, And It Is Only After It Has Slipped Through The Hands Of Some Thousands, That Some Fellow, By Mere Chance, Holds On To It!

The Enemy Fought With Savage Fury, And Met Death With All Its Horrors, Without Shrinking Or Complaining: Not One Asked To Be Spared, But Fought As Long As They Could Stand Or Sit.

Sorrow, It Is Said, Will Make Even An Oyster Feel Poetical. I Never Tried My Hand At That Sort Of Writing But On This Particular Occasion Such Was My State Of Feeling, That I Began To Fancy Myself Inspired; So I Took Pen In Hand, And As Usual I Went Ahead.