The best condition in life is to be not so rich as to be envied nor so poor as to be damned.
Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed at.
A man cannot learn to be wise any more than he can learn to be handsome.
A good reliable set of bowels is worth more to a man than any quantity of brains.
Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for words.
It ain't no disgrace for a man to fall, but to lie there and grunt is.