cook as well as your mother–she may feel sorry she took you away from that dear parent.

–woman must look up, not down.

to sweep the ground; such women are not clean and tidy, and will make “slovenly,” dirty housekeepers.

A tidy, cleanly girl will not wear such a dress, no matter what the fashion is.

that you are a dude is a desire to follow strictly the extremes of fashion.–No dudes, no fashions.

from the ways of the humblest creatures.  How frequently we are reminded of that fact.

you must become rich, or famous–riches and fame flourish most in barren soil.

when the truth will do as well–it breeds falsehood in you, and will return to you with double compound interest.

–it is another name for gambling, and will fill your life with feverish excitement and misery.

–it retards digestion, causes you to swallow your food before it is properly masticated, and is the principle cause of your eating too much.

spends more money for tobacco, beer and whisky than he does for what he eats and wears.