What is the matter with Kansas?

What is the matter with Kansas?

Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.

Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.

Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.

Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.

As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which
is without discretion.

As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which
is without discretion.

I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.

I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.

Teaching brings out innate powers, and proper training braces the
intellect.

Teaching brings out innate powers, and proper training braces the
intellect.

The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more

The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"

We plough the sand on the sea shore.

We plough the sand on the sea shore.

Small things become the small.

Small things become the small.