66. LXVI.
SLIVVERS OV THOUGHT.
The heartov a true friend iz like a mirror; if yu
look into it yu see yurself thare.
Wisdom that don't make us happier aint worth
plowing for.
I am dredful fond ov melody; and a banjo, with a
negro hung tew it, will knock more sense out ov me,
in one night, than i kan git back in 3 weeks.
It is a good plan tu know menny people, but tu
let only a few kno yu.
I have no more respekt for those who only cater
tu mi imaginashun, than I have for the man who
fust invented ginger-pop.
I never knu a man ov much wisdum who could
sing a song well or pla on a fiddle.
I don't kare how mutch a man talks, if he will only
say it in a few wurds.
Rewards deferred make us miserable; it is jist so
with punishments. When i was a boy, i had rather
be licked twice than tew be postponed once.
Thare is one thing sertain: reason is more than
master ov the pashuns. If this iz probably so, the
man must be a phool who aint boss ov himself.
I think it reduces the stummuk ake tew holler; so
i think it lessens awl kinds ov anguish, just as it
does sin, by owning it.
We are awl willing tew pay more for being amused
than instrukted.
How menny folks do yu serpose thare is in this
world who are satisfied with things as far as they
hav got? Not more than 6, i'll bet. This looks
rather dusty for the rest ov the trip.
Thare aint no general rule for happiness; a man
has tew be measured for his happiness, just as he
does for his boots, and even then he don't alwus git
a good fit.
Joy will make a man change ends quicker than
sorrow.
If a yung man kant find enny thing else that he
is fit for, i like tew see him carry a goold-headed
cane.
The top rounds ov a ladder are always the most
dangerous.
I beleaf in the final salvashun ov men, but i want
the privilege ov picking the men.
Thare is just this difference between a success and
a failure—¼ ov an inch.
It is a great deal easier tew beat natur than it is
tew equal her—so it is easier tew bile an egg tew
much, than just enuff.
