It Isn't How Long You Stick Around

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.

Never Try To Get Into Society, So-called. Those Who Try Seldom Get In, And If They Do Edge Through The Portals They Always Feel Clammy And Unworthy When Under The Scrutiny Of The Elect. Sit Outside And Appear Indifferent, And After A While They May Sent For You. If Not, It Will Be Money In Your Pocket.

Adversity Often Hatches Out The True Nobility Of Character.

Nothing Is Improbable Until It Moves Into The Past Tense.

Where Ignorance Is Not Bliss, Get Wise!