One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.
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 you can't do anything else to a boy, you can make him wash his face.
Few men progress, except as they are pushed along by events.
The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement.
There is something in the red of a raspberry pie that looks as good to a man as the red in a sheep looks to a wolf.