Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-11-07
Billingsisms.
ALAzY man il a living corpse.

A LAZY man liz living corpse.
1t IL a brave man who IL willing tew
die when hiz fortin IL at the highest
The chances are that he who IL anxious
tew liv hiz life over again il the very one
who haz spent it foolishly, and probably
would do it again.
None but the ill-bred ridikule the peku-
liaritys ov others.
A covetous man IL alwuss kontriving
how he kan cheat himself out ov sum-
thing more.
Most people are honest for the sake ov
keeping others honest.
Thare is 2 kinds ov kuriosity, one
prompts person tew find out things be-
kause they are sekret, the other bekause
they may be useful.
Idle kuriosity IL moral itch.
All things that we need we kan eazily
git.
We are all dissatisfied with our con-
dishun, but if each one ov us should
change places with our nabor, we should
want tew swop back tomorrow
Elegant accomplishments may make a
woman admired bi the world, but it iz the
domestik virtews that endear her tew her
| husband.
Two enemies to one friend il about the
rite dose tew make a man successful.
Mankind make most all the ackcidents
that happen.
| fluence others bi precept, but there are
none but what can do it bi example.
The only sensible time tew be happy
IL n0U; the CRATE bulk of humanity are
gUfuS TOW bo happy -~oalz Oftnr nnxt
| Thare IL only one way tew tell the trurn,
but thare is upward ov rs ways to tell the
same lie.
Epitafs hav made more people famous
than virtew ever haZ.
1t IL just az eazY tew pull up a weed bi
the rutes az it iz tew kut it oph-so it IL
az eazy tew remove vice az tew kor'
rekt it.
Two.thirds ov the pity in this world IL
nothing more than a sekret satisfakshun
that sumboddy is wuss oph than we are
l hav alwuss notissed that there iz a
crate deal ov good LUX in industry, and a
CRATE deal ov bad luck in laZyness.
He who IL every boddys friend, haint
got time tew be emmy boddys.
| When | hear man say "that he has
got no friends" kun tew the. konklu
sion, rite oph, that he don't deserve emmy.
One recon whi happiness is so skarse in
this world il bekause most people mis-
take plezzure for happiness.
Trew generosity konsists in giving what
you kan afford to thoze who deserve it.
Mi yung friend look out for them mer
Who shut up one eye, and talk to yu with
the other.
Happiness seems to consist in-wantinG
nothing.
Health will bring mummy, but mummy
wont bring health.
When hope dies in man he liz az darl
inside az an old tin lantern, whoze kandl'
haz gone out.
think man should hav leetle vine
gar in hiz disposishun, just enuff teW
Keep the flies off.
A phool il like hornet, he iz jist az
like tew sting friend az pho.
The modern interpretashun of the cele
brated maxim, "knO MySef" il, "minC
yure own bizzness."
Men are strong just in proporshun al
they kan do one thing well, and veal
Just in proporshun that they kan dt
menny things indifferently.
He that luvs little children cannot be
very bad man.
A competency may be defined az tn
amount a man IL competent tew git.
One ov the gratest plezzures in this lif
il to hav plenty to do, and then do it.
Philosophy seems tew be the art o.
taking all things just az they cum, anC
when they git reddy tew go, let then
went without any fuss.-JOSh Billings
IN N, T. Weekly.