POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

NZ Truth, Issue 84, 26 January 1907, Page 5

POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Never borrow trouble, but always be ready to lend it. Trying to avoid work is often the. hardest kind. v Honor thy father and thy mother —if they give you half a chance. About the first step toward reforming a man is to catch him m the act. - < Babies have nothing m common with the silent watches of the night. A cold hand-out appeals to the hungry man more than a warm handshake. A pleasing conversationalist; is a person who talks to you about yourself. Some people climb to the top for the purpose of looking down on their neighbors. Many a man's idea of hospitality is to bring other men home- and hs.vs his wife cook for them. It isn't always policy to believe the man who tells you what he would do if he were m your place. And some people are so industrious that when they haven't anything to' do they proceed to do somebody. Every time you register a protest it saves a lot of trouble for the easy-going chaps who have occasion to follow m, your footsteps.