JOSH BILLINGS' PHILOSOPHY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 11881, 1 February 1902, Page 3 (Supplement)

JOSH BILLINGS' PHILOSOPHY.

When hope dies in a man he is as dark inside as aa old tin lantern who&e candle has gone out. A toy is a conceited ass, impudent and brainless. lUlends9 is one of sin's broth' rs, and both are the devil's children. Death ia tie only sure cure for laziness, and it take 3 a good deal of that. I think a man should have a little vin^srar in his disposition, just enough to keep the fliea off. If every one could follow their own iuclination, pretty so-m thft-e would be bat one fellow left in the world, and he would bo bunting for 6otne one to practice his inclination on. A fool is like a bornet — ju3t as likely to sting a friend as a foe. Good manners is simply good nature polished up bright. The modern interpretation of the celebrated maxim • know thyself/ i 9 * mind yoor own business.' Tap eorrow with a good honest laugh and it will all run out. A suspicious man ia alway3 an i'gi norant and generally a lazy on<>. The man wbom 1 despise the mest is the one who is always hunting for a lawsuit. He is almost as rreau as the one who i 3 anxious to marry a woman for her money. The woild ia full of punishments for vice, but the rewards for virtue are few. The most iidiculons sight I know of ia a lazj man in a hurry. Hn is as bnsy as a loafing ant when the clouds betoken a storm. Men are stroDg just in proportion ss they can do one thing well, "and weak just in proportion as they can do many things indifferently.

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