If you are one of the hewers of wood and drawers of small weekly paychecks, your letters will have to contain some few items of news or they will be accounted dry stuff.... But if you happen to be of a literary turn of mind, or are, in any way, likely to become famous, you may settle down to an afternoon of letter-writing on nothing more sprightly in the way of news than the shifting of the wind from south to south-east.

It is rather to be chosen than great riches, unless I have omitted something from the quotation.

The naturalistic literature of this country has reached such a state that no family of characters is considered true to life whichdoes not include at least two hypochondriacs, one sadist, and one old man who spills food down the front of his vest.

There are two ways to travel, first class or with children.

There are several ways to apportion the family income, all of them unsatisfactory.

An ardent supporter of the hometown team should go to a game prepared to take offense, no matter what happens.

In America there are two classes of travel - first class, and with children.