I hav got a dredful poor opinyun ov all religious creeds; a man who depends upon a creed tew keep him pious, iz no better than he whom the penalty for stealing keeps out ov jail.
PARBOILS.
It is a good sign when praize makes a man behave better. Proverbs, are like arrows, they fly not only fast but straight.
Our wants, after awl, make most ov our happiness, when we hav got awl we want, then cums fear lest we loze what we hav got, and thus possession, fails tew be happiness.
Dangers are sum like a kold bath, very dangerous while you stand stripped on the bank, but often not only harmless, but invigorating, if you pitch into them.
Cunning iz the dishonesty, and therefore the weakness ov wisdum.
Wise men are like a watch, they hav open countenances enuff, but dont show their works in their face.
Love is a natral pashion ov the heart, while friendship iz a necessary one, and awl hearts, however mutch they love, reserve a sly corner for what they call friendship.
About the best that kan be sed ov grate wealth iz, that it iz the means ov grace.
When i see a poor, and proud aristokrat, purtiklar about punktillio, he alwus puts me in mind ov a drunken man, trieing tew walk a crack.