To write for a living, according to Mr. Whipple, is coquetting with starvation.
Francis Alexander DurivageReal merit requires as much labor, to be placed in a true light, as humbug to be elevated to an unworthy eminence; only the success of the false is temporary, that of the true, immortal.
Francis Alexander DurivageIf you tell a woman she is beautiful, whisper it softly, for if the devil hears, he will echo it many times.
Francis Alexander Durivage