Truth is the silliest thing under the sun. Try to get a living by the Truth and go to the Soup Societies. Heavens! Let any clergyman try to preach the Truth from its very stronghold the pulpit and they would ride him out of his church on his own pulpit bannister.

Truth is the silliest thing under the sun. Try to get a living by the Truth and go to the Soup Societies. Heavens! Let any clergyman try to preach the Truth from its very stronghold the pulpit and they would ride him out of his church on his own pulpit bannister.

In this world shipmates sin that pays its way can travel freely and without passport whereas Virtue if a pauper is stopped at all frontiers.

In this world shipmates sin that pays its way can travel freely and without passport whereas Virtue if a pauper is stopped at all frontiers.

Let us speak though we show all our faults and weaknesses – for it is a sign of strength to be weak to know it and out with it – not in a set way and ostentatiously though but incidentally and without premeditation.

Let us speak though we show all our faults and weaknesses – for it is a sign of strength to be weak to know it and out with it – not in a set way and ostentatiously though but incidentally and without premeditation.

There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future.

There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future.