The great business of life is to be, to do, to do without, and to depart.
A proverb is good sense brought to a point.
They are the guiding oracles which man has found out for himself in that great business of ours, of learning how to be, to do, to do without, and to depart.
Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions.
Politics is a field where the choice lies constantly between two blunders.
You will find most books worth reading are worth reading twice.
