I am grateful that I didn't let fear get the best of me. It only holds you back from possibilities and greatness.
The poorer is a family, the greater is the proportion of the total outgo which must be used for food... The proportion of the outgo used for food, other things being equal, is the best measure of the material standard of living of a population.
Facetiousness is allowable when it is the most proper instrument of exposing things apparently base and vile to due contempt.

