Sentence First, Verdict Afterwards.

The Recent Extraordinary Discovery In Photography, As Applied In The Operations Of The Mind, Has Reduced The Art Of Novel-writing To The Merest Mechanical Labour.

The Rule Is, Jam Tomorrow And Jam Yesterday - But Never Jam Today.

As A General Rule, Do Not Kick The Shins Of The Opposite Gentleman Under The Table, If Personally Unaquainted With Him; Your Pleasantry Is Liable To Be Misunderstood--a Circumstance At All Times Unpleasant.

I Wish I Could Manage To Be Glad! Only I Never Can Remember The Rule. You Must Be Very Happy, Living In This Wood, And Being Glad Whenever You Like!

And Thus They Give The Time, That Nature Meant For Peaceful Sleep And Meditative Snores, To Ceaseless Din And Mindless Merriment And Waste Of Shoes And Floors.