Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1869 — Sayings by Josh Billings. [ARTICLE]

Sayings by Josh Billings.

A slandeikJz like a hornet, \if yu kant kill it dead the ftast bio, yu better not strike at ft. J’ulilenass xz way folks haz oV flattering themself®. I make this distinkshun between charakter and reputashun— reputashun iz what the world think* ov us, charakter iz what the world, h noirs ov us. Wliaka ridikilus fare it iz to be continually on the hunt for peace and quiet. No man ever yet increased hiz reputashun bi coqtradikting lies. Anxiety jilwus steps on itself. Silence, like darkness, iz gcnnerally 1 safe. Thare iz only two things that I kno ov that a mair IrcAit brag oV, one iz lieing, and tuther iz jealousy. Jtetakcs branes tew make a smart man, but. good luck often makes a famous one, •- I think most men had rather be charged with malice'thMi with making a blunder. Love cuts ftp all sorts ov monkey shines, it makes a fool sober, and a wize man frisky. ~ I donU Believe in total depravity, every man haz sumthing in him to show that God made Mm. S I stippftsfe that one-reason whi the “ roftdto ruin’’ iz broad, iz tew accomodate the gtatc amount oV travel in that dirckshun. When a man iz squandering hiz estate,' even pnool. - . ■ I judge ova matrs viftew entirely bi hiz plupnon.^—it iz if grate deal efizier few be a good'dovc than a decent sarpent. Thare are menny ways to find out how brave and how honest a man may be, but there uiil’t-no way to find out the e-xtent ov hiz vabity. A lie iz line a cat; it never cums to yu in a straight line. Nature iz a kind mother. She couldn’t well afford to make us perfect, and so she made us blind to' our foilings. Studdy.tlw heart if yu want to. learn human natur; there ain’t no human natur in a man’s heart / Beware ov the man with half-shut, eyes —he ain’t dreijmiijg.. e z Experience makes more timid men than itfjdus wize ones. One ov the safest and most successful tallents i kno ov iz to be a good listener. Thofifffho Wcum disgusted and withdfa’W from the-world, musn’t forgit one thing,' that Hie.world will forgit them, a long timebenirc they will forgit the world, Wize nittn Itflf every good chance they kan git. Lasing iz only a weakness in phools. ■■ '