Would it not be prudent to get our civilization tools together, and see how much stock is left on hand in the way of Glass Beads and Theology, and Maxim Guns and Hymn Books, and Trade Gin and Torches of Progress and Enlightenment (patent adjustable ones, good to fire villages with, upon occasion), and balance the books, and arrive at the profit and loss, so that we may intelligently decide whether to continue the business or sellout the property and start a new Civilization Scheme on the proceeds.

Intellectual food is like any other; it is pleasanter and more beneficial to take it with a spoon than a shovel.

Training- training is everything; training is all there is to a person. We speak of nature; it is folly; there is no such thing as nature; what we call by that misleading name is merely heredity and training. We have no thoughts of our own, no opinions of our own; they are transmitted to us, trained into us.

Do good when you can, and charge when you think they will stand it.

Some of us cannot be optimists, but all of us can be bigamists

God cures and the doctor sends the bill.

Forget and forgive. This is not difficult when properly understood.