[to Her Host Upon Leaving

Haunted From My Early Youth By The Transitoriness And Pathos Of Life, I Was Aware That It Is Not Enough To Say "i Am Doing No Harm," I Ought To Be Testing Myself Daily, And Asking Myself What I Am Really Achieving.

She Tells Enough White Lies To Ice A Wedding Cake.

It Is Always Dangerous To Generalize, But The American People, While Infinitely Generous, Are A Hard And Strong Race And, But For The Few Cemeteries I Have Seen, I Am Inclined To Think They Never Die.

All I Can Say About My Mind Is That, Like A Fire Carefully Laid By A Good Housemaid, It Is One That Any Match Will Light.

Till I See Money Spent On The Betterment Of Man Instead Of On His Idleness And Destruction, I Shall Not Believe In Any Perfect Form Of Government.