A learned fool is one who has read everything and simply remembered it.

Pity cost nothing and ain't worth nothing.

It AIN'T so much the things we don't know that get us into trouble. It's the things we know that just ain't so.

Sekts and creeds ov religion, are like pocket compesses, good enuff tu pinte out the direction, but the nearer the pole yu git thewuss tha wurk.

The more humble a man is before God the more he will be exalted; the more humble he is before man, the more he will get rode roughshod.

Advice is like kissing: it costs nothing and is a pleasant thing to do.

When a man makes up his mind to become a rascal, he should examine himself closely and see if he isn't better constructed for a fool.