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.

A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.

If you want to know how old a woman is . . . ask her sister-in-law.

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

None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married.

Farmers only worry during the growing season, but townspeople worry all the time.

One of the most difficult things in the world is to convince a woman that even a bargain costs money.