Adversity Often Hatches Out The True Nobility

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.

She Was Short On Intellect, But Long On Shape.

Familiarity Breeds Contentment.

The Serpent Is Helpless Unless He Finds An Apple To Work With.

Even The Elders Can Give A Number Of Helpful Hints.