Mi private opinyun about “abscence ov mind” is, that 9 times out ov 10, it iz abscence ov branes.
The flattery that men offer tew themselfs iz the most dangerous, bekause the least suspekted.
Take a kitten that kan hardly walk on land, and chuck him into a mill pond, and he will swim ashore—enny boddy kan apply the moral in this. The best philosophers and moralists i hav ever met, hav been thoze who had plenty to eat, and drink, and had money at interest.
It takes a wize man to suffer prosperity, but most enny phool kan suffer adversity.
Pride, after all, iz one ov our best friends—it makes us beleave we are better and happier than our nabors.
Before yu give enny man advise, find out what kind ov advice will suit him the best.
Knowledge is like money, the more a man gits the more he hankers for.
The vices and phollys ov grate men are never admired nor imitated bi grate men.
The trew art ov kriticism is tew excuse faults rather than ridikule them.
We hav no more right to laff at a deformed person, than we hav at a crooked tree—both ov them are God’s arkitekture.