You can reach stupidity only with a cannon ball.

Prejudice is a house-plant which is very apt to wilt if you take it out-of-doors among folks.

Man is my brother, and I am nearer related to him through his vices than I am through his virtue.

Beauty is a very handy thing to have, especially for a woman who ain't handsome.

Wisdom that don't make us happier ain't worth plowing for.

I never had a man come to me for advice yet, but what I soon discovered that he thought more of his own opinion than he did of mine.

Advice is like castor oil — easy enough to give but dreadful hard to take.