Thare iz a grate deal ov charity in this world so koldly rendered that it fairly hurts, it iz like lifting a drowning man out ov the water bi the hair ov the hed, and then letting him drop on the ground. Exchanging kompliments iz another name for exchanging lies. The greatest thief this world haz ever produced iz _Procrastination_, and he is still at large. Religion iz nothing more than a chattel mortgage, excepted, and rekorded, az sekurity for a man’s morality, and virtew. White lies are sed tew be innocent, but i am satisfied that enny man who will lie for phun, after a while will lie for wages. The most valuable thing in this world iz Time, and yet people waste it as they do water, most of them letting it run full head, and even the most prudent let it drizzle. The devil himself, with all hiz genius, allways travels under an alias--this shows the power of truth and morality. If a dog falls in love with you at first sight, it will do to trust him--not so with a man. One ov the hardest things to do is to be a good listener, thoze who are stone deaf succeed the best. If you don’t kno how to lie, cheat and steal, turn yure attenshun to pollyticks, and learn how. Thare are men who seem to be born on purpose to step into every thing, they kant set a common rat trap without gitting ketched in it. A sekret iz like an aking tooth, it keeps us uneasy until it iz out. I hav larn’t one thing, bi grate experience, and that iz, I want as much watching az mi nabors do. The only way to larn sum men how to do enny thing, iz to do it yourself. I don’t rekoleckt now ov ever hearing ov two dogs fiteing, unless thare waz a man or two around. A wize man is never so mutch alone, as when he iz in a crowd, and never so mutch in a crowd as when he iz alone. I am satisfied that thare iz more weakness among men than malice. Thare iz no man in the world so easy to cheat az ourselfs. I don’t kno ov ennything that will kill a man so quick az praize that he don’t deserve. Repentanse should be the effekt ov love--not fear. The soul haz more disseases than the boddy haz. Things that we kant do wouldn’t be ov enny use to us, if we could do them. Amongst animals the most ignorant are the most stubborn, and i wonder if this ain’t so amungst men. A phool seems tew be a person who haz more will than judgment, and more vanity than either. The fust intimashun i had that i waz gitting old waz, i found myself telling to mi friends the same storys over again. In repenting ov sins, men are apt tew repent ov thoze they haint got, and overlook thoze they hav. A dandy never yet fell in love--only with himself. Revenge sumtimes sleeps, but vanity always keeps one eye open. Thoze folks who expekt to fail in an enterprise, most generally do. A man with only one accomplishment kant expekt to interest us long. We all git tired pretty soon looking at a goose standing on one leg. EMBERS ON THE HARTH.