The duv hav alwuss been a kard tew define inosense.
The bible tells us, "to be az wize az a sarpent, _but harmless_ as a
duv."
This iz fust rate advice, but it means live bizzness.
Enny boddy who iz az wise az a sarpent, kan afford tew be az harmless az
a duv.
The rite mixtur ov duv and sarpient in a man's natur iz a good dose.
If a man haz got too much snaik in him, he iz liable tew overdo things,
and if he haz got too mutch duv in him, he aint apt tew cook things
enuff.
The duv iz a homemade kritter; they are as effeckshionate as a cockroach
iz.
The nearer they kan liv tew whare man duz, the more they are apt tew do
it.
Lams and duvs hav a grate menny weak points; but i wouldn't like enny
better phun than tew liv whar thare want ennything else but duvs and
lams. But this place aint laid down on enny of the maps in this world.
Hawks and wolfs hav made the duv and lam trade dredful unsartin.
I guess, after all, that the evil things in this life help tew make the
good things more desirable, and all things that are natral must be
right, be they lam, duv, wolf or sarpient.