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

When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.

Friends are like a pleasant park where you wish to go; while you may enjoy the flowers, you may not eat them.

A loafer never works except when there is a fire; then he will carry out more furniture than anybody.

No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next.

We must be truthful and fair in the ordinary affairs of life before we can be truthful and fair in patriotism and religion.

A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country