You are a good young man," she said. "But I do not like husbands. I will never have another.

There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find fault with but himself.

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.

Blows are sarcasms turned stupid.

Where Jack isn't safe, Tom's in danger.

Things are achieved when they are well begun.

There's folks as make bad butter and trusten to the salt t' hide it.