You might do it if you had my head; but you havn't, and there's an end of it.

Next, if you want to bet at races, ascertain which horse is the general 'favorite,' and as our friend, the ostler, at the Raleigh says--go agin him.

Human nature invariably goes wrong; and this a wise man will never forget.

Next, if you have the playing mania, never play with anybody but gentlemen.

You will thus have the consolation of reflecting that you have been ruined in good company, and, in addition, had your pleasure;--blacklegs ruin a man with a vulgar rapidity which is positively shocking.