Where Ignorance Is Not Bliss, Get Wise!

If You Have To Be Burned At The Stake, Be A Good Fellow And Collect Your Own Fire-wood.

Only The More Rugged Mortals Should Attempt To Keep Up On Current Literature.

I Got The Breaks. Starting From Nowhere In The Corn Belt, I Helped Edit A Country Weekly, Then Was Jack-of-all-departments On An Obscure Daily, So That When I Arrived In A Big City Everything I Tackled In The Line Of Column Conducting And Syndicate Peddling And Playwriting Had To Bring Promotion, Because I Had No Social Standing Which Could Be Endangered, No Reputation To Toss Away And No Pride Which Might Suffer A Setback. Everything I Acquired Had To Be Velvet. You Cannot Lose Your Silver Spoon If You Are Brought Up On Pewter.

Do Not Give Alms Promiscuously. Select The Unworthy Poor And Make Them Happy. To Give To The Deserving Is A Duty, But To Help The Improvident, Drinking Class Is Clear Generosity, So That The Donor Has A Right To Be Warmed By A Selfish Pride And Count On A Most Flattering Obituary.

Moral: It All Depends.