IMPUDENCE
Put in the Bill
When in Canada last, Mr. Kipling was so dissatisfied with the hotel accommodations that he gave the landlord a severe call-down. Said he: "Of all the hotels under the shining sun, I have never been in one that for unmitigated, all-round, unendurable discomfort could equal yours."
After the landlord had withdrawn in great indignation, Kipling asked for his bill, and he discovered that the last item was, "To impudence—three dollars."
He that has but impudence,
To all things has a fair pretence;
And puts among his wants but shame,
To all the world may lay his claim.
—Butler.
There is no better provision for life than impudence and a brazen face.—Menander.