The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home.

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

Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.

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

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.

When I get hold of a book I particularly admire, I am so enthusiastic that I loan it to someone who never brings it back.

The most agreeable thing in life is worthy accomplishment. It is not possible that the idle tramp is as contented as the farmers along the road who own their own farms, and whose credit is good at the bank in town. When the tramps get together at night, they abuse the farmers, but do not get as much satisfaction out of it as do the farmers who abuse the tramps. The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.