Many a man wins glory for prudence by seeking advice, then seeking advice as to what advice would be best to take, and finally following appetite.

The perjurer's mother told white lies.

In levying taxes and in shearing sheep, it is well to stop when you get down to the skin.

Some men are like a church-organ -- you can play on them for a lifetime and always find new harmonies; others are like a music-box -- they have four or five thin jingles.

No matter who you are, you will be put abed at last with a shovel.

We should thank God that He did not give us the power of hearing through walls; otherwise there would be no such thing as friendship.

Truth lives in the cellar, error on the doorstep.