Most Publishers, Like Most Writers,

Ugly Accidents Happen . . . Always Have And Always Will. But The Failures Are Swept Back Into The Pile And Forgotten. They Don`t Leave Any Lasting Scar In The World, And They Don`t Affect The Future. The Things That Last Are The Good Things. The People Who Forge Ahead And Do Something, They Really Count.

We All Like People Who Do Things, Even If We Only See Their Faces On Cigar-box Lids.

In Haverford On The Platte The Townspeople Still Talk Of Lucy Gayheart.

The Fact That I Was A Girl Never Damaged My Ambitions To Be A Pope Or An Emperor.

Oh, The Germans Classify, But The French Arrange.