SPORGEON'S ADVICE GRATIS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1873, 17 January 1870, Page 7

SPORGEON'S ADVICE GRATIS.

NoBODT is more lite an honest man than a thorough rogue. When you see a man with a great deal of religion displayed in his shop ■window, you may depend upon it he keeps a very small stock of it within. , ■ Don't be fond of compliments ; remember, " Thank you, pussy, and thank you, pussy," killed the cat; -Don't believe the man who talks most; for mewipg cats are very seldom good mousers. Drink nothing without seeing it; sign nothing without reading it, and make sure that it means no more than it says. Fat no dependence upon the label of a bag, and count money after your own bin. See the sack open before you buy what is in it, for he who trades in the dark asks to be cheated. Beware of a man who swears; he who would blaspheme the nape of hie Maker would make no bones of lying or stealing. Beware of no man more than yourself; we carry our worst enemies with us. When a new opinion or doctrine comes before you, do not bite till you know whether it is bread or a stone; and do not be sure that the gingerbread is good because of the gilt on it. Never shout halloo! till you are quite out of the woods, and never cry fried-fish till they are caught in the net. There is always time enough to boast—wait a little longer. Don't throw away dirty water till you have get clean ; keep on scraping the roads till you can get better woik, for the poorest pay is better than none, and tho humblest office is better than being out of employment. Always give up the road to bulls and mad- « men ; never fight .'with a coal heaver, nor contend with a base character, for they will bo eure to blacken you.