A Lot Of Smart Young People Have

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.

Always Interline A Contract Before Signing It, Merely To Impress The Party Of The First Part. The One Who Puts His Signature To Articles Of Agreement Drawn Up By The Other Fellow Is Establishing A Dangerous Precedent.

A Friend Who Is Near And Dear May In Time Become As Useless As A Relative.

One Cannot Rest Except After Steady Practice.

One Smell Of Brimstone Makes The Whole World Kin.