Love iz sed tew be blind, but I kno lots ov phellows in love who kan see
twice az much in their galls az i kan.
The miser iz a riddle. What he possesses he haint got, and what he
leaves behind him he never had.
Good phisick iz like a fiddle, it furnishes the tune, while natur cuts
the pigeon wing and cures the patient.
Caution, tho very often wasted, iz a good risk to take.
Pity iz about the meanest wash that one man kan offer another, i had
rather hav a 10 dollar greenback that had been torn in two twice and
pasted together, than tew have all the pity thare iz on the upper side
ov the earth--pity iz nothing more than a quiet satisfackshun that i am
a great deal better oph than yu am, and that I intend to keep so.
Fortune iz like a coquette, if you dont run after her she will run after
you.
Did you ever hear a very ritch man sing?
If i was a going to paint a pikter of Faith, Affection and Honesty, i
would paint mi dog looking up in mi face and waggin his tail.
The devil iz a mean kuss; he never keeps hiz own promises, but alwus
makes us keep ours.
Truth iz az artless az a child, and as purswasive.
There iz nothing in this life that men pay so hi a price for az they do
for repentance.
Laws are made, customs grow--laws hav tew be executed, customs execute
themselves--laws begin where customs end.
Men who hav a good deal tew say, use the fewest words.
Punning iz nothing more than mimickry, the best punster now living iz a
monkey; he makes a pun on a louse forty times a day bi skratching hiz
head.
The road tew wealth iz a highway, but the road tew knowledge iz a
byeway.
Shame iz the dieing embers of virtew.