Show on wit and humor man is the only animal that laughs and weeps tor he Is the only animal that Is struck with the difference be tween what things are and what they ought to be we weep at what thwarts or exceeds our desires in seri ous matters we laugh at what only disappoints our expectations in trifles we shed tears from sympathy with real and necessary distress as we burst into laughter from want of sym pathy with that which Is unreasonable and unnecessary the absurdity of which provokes our spleen or mirth rather than serious reflections on it william hazlitt preparation is the basis of power and the whole secret of success in life i tor a man to be ready for bis opportunity when it comes disraeli |