I thank Heaven for one thing, that thare iz not in this wide world a
human, or inhuman being, that i would not rather help than hurt. I find
this sentiment in mi conscience, or i wouldn't dare claim it, and i kno
mi own conscience better than enny boddy else duz.
Better lend yure dimes tew a stranger than yure affeckshuns. Better lend
yure _dollars_ to enny boddy than yure _dolors_. Silence iz venerable;
if thare iz enny thing older than the Creator, it must hav bin silence.
The _buty_ ov gratitude iz that a beggar kan be az grateful az a prince,
and the _power_ ov gratitude iz that "I thank you," makes the beggar
equal tew the prince. A good conscience iz the best friend we kan hav,
and a bad one the worst, becauze it never deserts us.
Put not oph till to-morrow what can be enjoyed to-day.
Marrid life iz too often like a game ov checkers--the grate struggle iz
tew git into the king row.
Fear makes evry thing and evry body masters over us; it iz the wust
slavery thare iz.
How common it iz tew see folks laff vividly without meaning enny thing;
this i kall heat lightning.