Revelations: A Curious Record Of

The Capacity Of Any Conqueror Is More Likely Than Not To Be An Illusion Produced By The Incapacity Of His Adversary.

It Is Monstrous That Custom Should Force Us To Display Our Faces Ostentatiously, However Worn And Wrinkled And Mean They May Be, Whilst Carefully Concealing All Our Other Parts, However Shapely And Well Preserved.

Money Is The Counter That Enables Life To Be Lived Socially; It Is Life As Truly As Sovereigns And Banknotes Are Money.

It Is Impossible For An Englishman To Open His Mouth Without Making Some Other Englishman Hate Or Despise Him.

The Only Way In Which A Nation Can Make Itself Wealthy And Prosperous Is By Good Housekeeping: That Is, By Providing For Its Wants In The Order Of Their Importance, And Allowing No Money To Be Wasted On Whims And Luxuries Until Necessities Have Been Thoroughly Served.