“We’ll all dip oil, and we’ll all dip oil,

We’ll dip, dip, dip, and we’ll all dip oil.”—Pond-Freshet Song.

“Lines of truth run through the world of thought as pipe-lines to the sea.”—Mrs. C. A. Babcock.

“These be piping times.”—Popular Saw.

“Seneca predicted another hemisphere, but Columbus presented it.”—Collins.

“Nature begets Merit and Fortune brings it into play.”—La Rochefoucauld.

“The wise and active conquer difficulties by daring to attempt them.”—Rowe.

“Perfection is attained by slow degrees.”—Voltaire.

“One little bull on oil was I,

Bought a lot when the stuff was high,