No man's credit is ever as good as his money.

The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.

There is no get-rich-quick scheme equal to a poor girl marrying a rich man.

When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.

The feeling of sleepiness when you are not in bed, and can't get there, is the meanest feeling in the world.

If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers.

Indignation does no good unless it is backed with a club of sufficient size to awe the opposition.