To Be Brave In Misfortune

Guests Are The Delight Of Leisure, And The Solace Of Ennui.

There Is No Liberal Education For The Under-languaged.

Laughter Springs From The Lawless Part Of Our Nature.

Anyone, However, Who Has Had Dealings With Dates Knows That They Are Worse Than Elusive, They Are Perverse. Events Do Not Happen At The Right Time, Nor In Their Proper Sequence. That Sense Of Harmony With Place And Season Which Is So Strong In The Historian--if He Be A Readable Historian--is Lamentably Lacking In History, Which Takes No Pains To Verify His Most Convincing Statements.

An Historian Without Political Passions Is As Rare As A Wasp Without A Sting.