Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-10
I WAYsIDE WISDOM

/ WAYSIDl: WISDOM
Z Much modesty is only skin deep.
We can't all be- intellectual circus.
es.
Ennui is the prise we pay for knowl-
edge.
Good intentions do not always do
good.
To want little is always to have
plenty.
It is better to borrow than to give
trouble.
The average mans wit ID always an
hour too late
The dressmakers Aaanl Is not al
ways Natures
Women's rights are all that some
women have left.
A silk hat, like charity, covers
multitude of sins.
Have you ever noticed how other
people waste time?
You never heard of salary seeking
the man, did you?
No man is really old until he has
lost his prejudices.
A clever jester is one who never
jokes with his wife.
J. It Is wise worm that turns no Of
tener than it has to.
Some men look ahead much better
than they go ahead
An artistic failure is almost as rare
as a perfect success
My idea of liar is a man who says
he is glad he is bald.
Alas, that even the artificial rose
should have it's thorns!
The people who throw stones usual
ly live in glass houses.
A woman never feels fat when she
can call it embonpoint.
There is no grave deep enough in
which to bury the past.
1t takes a post norton to bring out
some mems good qualities.
A fault is never so offensive as
when it is somebody elses.
Nobody believes the truth until he
has found it out for himself.
The way to Easy Street rurfs-right
through Hard Work Avenue.
to decide which she shall marry-a
rich sinner or a poor saint.
1t is sometimes only a step from
the ridiculous to the sublime.
There are some people to whom it
is not courteous to be polite.
Some men are SO shrewd that no.
body can believe them honest.
1t is not what you give, but the way
you give it, that makes the gift.
A woman generally gains her point,
unless it is the point of joke.
Some self-made men look as though
they forgot to sandpaper the job.
The man who suffers from dyspep-
STA never dies of broken heart.
Self-love is the only romance that
enters into the average mans life.
There is kind of fellow who would
like to be kicked by millionaire.
Many people are busy mortgaging
the future in order to acquire a past.
Wisdom is more to be desired than
riches-and a good deal easier to get.
Some people shake your hand as
though they wanted to shake you.
To the paying guest at the board
ing house, home is where the hash is.
Literature is the kind of printed
matter that only posterity will read.
A woman can get more by her weak
ness than man can by his strength.
If there is anybody who deserves
sympathy it is the girl who is trying
1t hurts less to be cheated by q
rogue than by a pillar of the church.
Why is it that the other fellows
errors always seem so funny to US?
Considering how good every body
says he is, this is dreadfully wicked
old world.
A woman's idea of fame is to refuse
to let her name be mentioned in the
newspapers.
Time flies, youth flies, money flies
and boarding house flies are the
worst of all.
With the average girl, fathers front
porch is merely short cut to hub
by's kitchen
You would never suspect some peo-
pie of being mean if they didn't try
to conceal it.
Divorce represents mans efforts
to get out of the fire and back into
the frying pan.
Just because a man is chicken
breasted it is no sign that he is
chicken hearted.
The funniest part Of it is that the
men who make fools of themselves
seem to enjoy it.
Why is it that a man in his prime
always thinks himself younger than
a woman in hers?
Some diseases are less fatal to the
patient than to the people who have
to live with him.
Perseverance sometimes wins wo-
man where true love wouldn't even
touch her heart.
You may forget the man who helped
you, but you will always remember
the one who hindered.
It is wise man who wants only