SIXTH EMPTYING. 87 



Knowledge is like money, its chief value ought to lie in 

 the power it gives us to enrich others. 



Facts will not lie, though they are handy to lie with. 



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Slander, according to a Scotch farmer, is one good woman 

 telling an ower true tale about another. 



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It makes a great difference whether you weigh your fish 

 on dry land or in the water. 



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I never heard a lady swear with her lips, but I have 

 seen many a one do it most successfully with her eyes. 



It is the little things in life that tell little brothers, for 

 instance. 



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A wife's farewell is often nothing more than " Buy, buy." 



One of the most awkward quandaries I know is that of 

 having knocked at the wrong door and not being able to make 

 up your mind whether to run away or stop and apologise. 



"Johnny," said one boy to another after two hours' 

 patient fishing from the bank without so much as a 

 nibble, " I have a bite." " Oh ! jolly," said Johnny ; " is it 

 a trout ? " " No ; it is a flea." 



