Posts Tagged "rule"

–as a rule, pecuniary assistance is an injury to them.  If they have burnt their fingers, let them nurse them awhile–it may prove a valuable lesson.

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Never forget that

Posted by: Landyin Poverty
2
Oct

poverty and profligacy go hand in hand, as a rule.

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of the common laborers will not work as long as they have a dollar in their pockets, and many of them will not work at all until their empty stomachs warn them of approaching starvation.  As a rule, these are the men who talk about bloated bondholders, monopolists, hard times, etc.

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Never go to funerals,

Posted by: Landyin Mourning
25
Jun

unless your services are needed.  As a rule, persons go to funerals through curiosity, and would rather attend a funeral than a wedding.

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a day spend three times as much money, as a rule, for tobacco, beer, whiskey, etc., as the millionaires.

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Never denounce rich persons

Posted by: Landyin Riches
1
Aug

because they do not divide with you–remember that, as a rule, if you were rich you would be the biggest hog in the market.

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Never trust a person

Posted by: Landyin Signs of Character
15
Jun

whose eyebrows are not divided in the middle, but extend all the way across the forehead–as a general rule he is dishonest.

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