When I Was A Boy I Was

If A Man Really Has Charge Of His Destiny At All, He Should Have Something To Say About Getting Born; And I Only Came Through By A Hair's-breadth. What Had I To Do With This Momentous First Step? In The Language Of The Lawyer, I Was Not Even A Party Of The Second Part.

It Is Just As Often A Great Misfortune To Be The Child Of The Rich As It Is To Be The Child Of The Poor. Wealth Has Its Misfortunes. Too Much, Too Great Opportunity And Advantage Given To A Child Has Its Misfortunes.

None Meet Life Honestly And Few Heroically.

Physical Deformity, Calls Forth Our Charity. But The Infinite Misfortune Of Moral Deformity Calls Forth Nothing But Hatred And Vengeance.

The Law Does Not Pretend To Punish Everything That Is Dishonest. That Would Seriously Interfere With Business.