Life Is Too Short For

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

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

An Eminent American Is Reported To Have Said To Friends Who Wished To Put Him Forward, 'gentlemen, Let There Be No Mistake. I Should Make A Good President, But A Very Bad Candidate.

There Is In The American Government...a Want Of Unity.... The Sailors, The Helmsman, The Engineer, Do Not Seem To Have One Purpose Or Obey One Will So That Instead Of Making Steady Way The Vessel May Pursue A Devious Or Zigzag Course, And Sometimes Merely Turn Round And Round In The Water.

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.