Politics
Politics is a losing game. Every man owes it to himself and to his family and to his country to take an interest in politics to the extent of getting out to the primaries and voting for the right man, and help to get good men in office. But when a man carries politics to extremes or mixes it with his business, his business is sure to suffer.
There are two kinds of politics—the honest kind and the grafting kind. The honest politician gets very slight remuneration for the time and energy he spends, and the grafting politician sooner or later winds up in the soup through his dishonest practices.
There is no greater danger to business than to have the proprietor spend much of his time in politics. The upright business man will not descend to the things practised by the dishonest politician, and the sharp business man who has no compunctions on this score will make a loss in his business.
The law of compensation surely comes in here, for in proportion as a man plays politics his business is bound to suffer.
Profanity
Twenty-five years ago profanity was found on every side. Today you find it only among laborers. Business men won't allow profanity.
Swearing goes with lying. The truthful man can look you in the eye and chisel out his words and you know he means it.
The liar gets angry and swears, and he is a bluff.