I dont bet thare iz enny sich thing az a perfektly good man, or a perfekly bad man.
I kno ov enny quantity ov people whose virtews are at the mercy ov other folks, who are good simply for the reputashun ov it, who haven’t got enny more real appetite tew their conscience than a klam haz.
I hav studdyed mi own karakter, and mi own impulses for 39 years clussly, and i kant tell to day (to save a bet) whether i am an honest and trew man or not—if thare iz enny boddy who knows about this matter i wish they would address me a letter, enklosing a postage blister.
Thare iz no sekts, nor religious disputes amung the heathen, they all of them cook a missionary in the same way.
One grate reazon whi “Jordan iz sich a ruff road tew travel,” iz bekauze, almost every boddy works inside ov their own lot, and lets the turnpike take care ov itself.
Thare iz lots ov folks who expekt tew eskape Hell jist bekauze the crowd iz so grate that are going thare.
Every man makes hiz own pedigree, and the best pedigree iz a clear conscience.
To be a gentleman,—git ritch, and keep a hoss and buggy.
Virtew in a poor man iz looked upon az a jewel in a tuds noze.
The man who iz a tyrant in hiz household iz an abjekt cuss amung hiz equals.