The modest person is usually admired, if people ever hear of them.
Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer.
A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.
When I am idle and shiftless, my affairs become confused; when I work, I get results ... not great results, but enough to encourage me.
Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.
When a man dies, and his kin are glad of it, they say, "He is better off."