When I am idle and shiftless, my affairs become confused; when I work, I get results ... not great results, but enough to encourage me.

As a man handles his troubles during the day, so he goes to bed at night a General, Captain, or Private.

It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry.

Don't take up a man's time talking about the smartness of your children; he wants to talk to you about the smartness of his children.

When a man dies, and his kin are glad of it, they say, "He is better off."

Raising children is like making biscuits: it is as easy to raise a big batch as one, while you have your hands in the dough.

Fishing seems to be the favorite form of loafing.