Hit.     How  often  cross-eyed  Justice  hits  amiss!

— Men.
Hobby — hobby-horse.     Every  man  has  his  hobby  if

it's  only  a  goat.
Don't  waste  time  trying  to  put  a  bridle  on  a  man's

hobby-horse.
Get  thee  a  hobby-horse,  be  it  only  a  he-goat.
Fast  horses  are  expensive  but  hobby-horses  cost

more.
Astraddle  his  hobby  he  rides  like  a  Don.
He  rides  a  hobby-horse  and  thinks  it  a  Pegasus.
When  he  was  a  little  boy  he  rode  a  hobby-horse ;
he  still  rides  a  hobby.
Holiday.     There  is  no  holiday  in  the  calendar  of

Nature — every  day  is  a  work-day.
Holiday  was  at  first  a  Holy-day.     It  is  now  a
jolly-day.
Home.     A  home  is  home  if  it  is  only  a  hut.
"Home,  sweet  home" — is  the  song  of  the  bees.
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The  homes  of  the  nation  are  the  bulwarks  of  per-
sonal and  national  safety. — J.  G.  Holland.
Homer.     But  for  Homer  we  would  have  no  Hector,

no  Achilles.
Seven  cities  strove  for  Homer's  bones,  'tis  said,
Through    which    the    living   Homer    begged    for
bread.
Honesty.     No  honest  man  has  need  of  a  rogue.
It  is  hard  to  be  hungry  and  honest.
Diogenes   went  with   a  lantern   in   search   of   an

honest  man.     If  he  had  been  honest  himself  he

needn't  have  gone  beyond  his  tub.
Honesty  always  proceeds  on  a  straight  line.
An  honest  man  is  not  hurt  by  the  bark  of  curs.
None   so   much   resembles   an   honest  man   as   a

shrewd  rascal.
He  demands  double  pay  for  being  honest.
Honey.     Honey  on  the  tongue — money  in  the  purse.
Honey  is  easily  turned  into  vinegar.
Flattery  is  honey-tongued.
Honor.     Honors  may  do  for  small  change  but  they

won't  pay  the  grocer.
The  path  to  honor  is  up-hill.
