If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.

Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.

People never have confidence in a Big Talker. They know his statements must be cut down, but they can never tell how much.

One has fear in front of a goat, in back of a mule, and on every side of a fool

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

If a man has money, it is usually a sign, too, that he knows how to take care of it; don't imagine his money is easy to get simply because he has plenty of it.

Loving everybody is polygamy. I care for no friend who loves his enemy equally well.