Three-fourths Of The Mistakes A Man Makes

When You Find That A Book Is Poor ... Waste No More Time Upon It.

Three-fourths Of The Mistakes A Man Makes Are Made Because He Does Not Really Know The Things He Thinks He Knows.

The Ordinary American Voter Does Not Object To Mediocrity. He Likes His Candidate To Be Sensible, Vigorous, And, Above All, What He Calls 'magnetic,' And Does Not Value, Because He Sees No Need For, Originality Or Profundity, A Fine Culture Or A Wide Knowledge.

In Europe We Have Cities Wealthier And More Populous Than Yours And We Are Not Happy. You Dream Of Your Posterity; But Your Posterity Will Look Back To Yours As The Golden Age, And Envy Those Who First Burst Into This Silent, Splendid Nature.

It Is Accepted As An Axiom By All Americans That The Civil Power Ought To Be Not Only Neutral And Impartial As Between Different Forms Of Faith, But Ought To Leave These Matters Entirely On One Side, Regarding Them No More Than It Regards The Artistic Or Literary Pursuits Of The Citizens.