“So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.”

“Lead your life so you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip. ”

“Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.”

“Ignorance lies not in the things you don't know, but in the things you know that ain't so.”

“Heroing is one of the shortest-lived professions there is.”

“Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on Earth.”

“America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few.”