Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for words.

Plenty of folks are so contrary that if they should fall into the river, they would insist upon floating upstream.

It ain't no disgrace for a man to fall, but to lie there and grunt is.

Life is like a mountain: after climbing up one side and sliding down the other, put up the sled.

Too many individuals are like Shakespeare's definition of "echo,"--babbling gossips of the air.

Most everyone seems willing to be a fool himself, but he can't bear to have anyone else one.

Pedantry is paraded knowledge.