Dont mistake a dounkast eye for modesty, dounkast eyes are often on the
lookout sideways.
"It is one thing tew _take_ the chances, and quite another thing tew
_find_ them.
"It is not the whole ov our duty tew foller the examples ov good men,
but tew leave behind us sum decent tracks for others tew foller.
"Rumor is a spark at fust, then a fire, then a conflagrashun, and then
ashes.
"The wust enemy that a man kan hav is flattery, it is wuss than abuse;
it is better tew be knocked endways by a foe than tew be blowed up
sideways with the quill of a windy friend.
"Death is a cessation ov hosstilitys; a flag ov truce; to the righteous
a gain, and tew the wicked no loss.
"If you are looking after happiness don't take the turnpike, take one ov
the byroads, yu will avoid the tollgates, and find it less crowded and
dursty.
"Mutch buty iz like the strawberry, soon out ov season, but exquisit
while it duz last, and like the strawberry, ain't perfekt without a good
deal ov sugar.
"Rules for long life are like gide boards tew a deserted citty.
"Hipokrasy is one ov the vices that yu kant konvert, ya might az well
undertake tew git the wiggle out ov a snake, or the grease out ov fat
pork.
"A witty writer is like a porkupine, hiz quill makes no distinktion
between a friend and a foe.
"About one-half the discumfert ov this life iz the result ov gitting
tired ov ourselfs.
"Solitude wud be an excellent place tew go to if a man could leave his
baggage (or _sin_) behind him.
"He that marrys a christian woman iz the son-in-law ov Divine
Providence.
"Menny a young person haz died old by living a long time after they waz
dead, and menny an old person haz died long before their time cum by
being dead while they waz a living.
"Precepts are poor stuff tew bring up young ones on, it iz like sending
them down cellar without enny kandle tew larn them tew see in the dark.
"Thare iz no sutch thing az acksidents, if one thing happens by
acksident awl things may; Heaven haz no beureau ov acksidents.
"We should be kerful how we encourage luxurys, it iz but a step forward
from hoe-cake to plum-puddin, but it iz a mile and a half, by the
nearest road, when we hav tew go back agin.
"Smiles and tears cum from the same fountain, and az the showers ov
heaven are followed by the sunshine, tew gladden the earth, so duz joy
follow sadness, tew make the soul cheerful.
"Thare iz just az mutch jelousy, (it iz only less dangerous) among the
lowly az among the ritch; the poor devil with a whole loaf under hiz
arm, iz the lord of hiz naberhood, and the half loaves look on with
envious wonder, while he struts up and down the alley.
"We only love them that we fear. This may be only one of my lies, but it
looks so tew me from where i stand now.
"The best condishun in life iz not to be so ritch az tew be envyed, nor
so poor az to be damned.
"Iz it charity tew giv tew a thankless cuss in need? certainly; jest az
mutch az it would be to save a drouning cow.
"Just praize iz the vernakular ov good deeds.
"Whare thare iz grate virtue, thare must hav bin grate vices, or else a
very poor sile, that raizes nothing but what haz bin planted, and well
tended and manured at that.
"Revenge iz jist az natral as milk, yu will see little bits ov boys club
the post that they bump their heads aginst."