A Self-made Man May Prefer A Self-made

There Is Something Monstrous In Commands Couched In Invented And Unfamiliar Language; An Alien Master Is The Worst Of All. The Language Of The Law Must Not Be Foreign To The Ears Of Those Who Are To Obey It.

What Seems Fair Enough Against A Squalid Huckster Of Bad Liquor May Take On A Different Face, If Used By A Government Determined To Suppress Political Opposition Under The Guise Of Sedition.

For, When All Is Said, As My Friend George Rublee Likes To Put It, The Only Success Is To Be A Success As A Person; And It Is Still Not Too Late For That.

For Myself It Would Be Most Irksome To Be Ruled By A Bevy Of Platonic Guardians, Even If I Knew How To Choose Them, Which I Assuredly Do Not.

There Is Nothing Sinister In So Arranging One's Affairs As To Keep Taxes As Low As Possible.