Men mourn for what they have lost; women for what they ain't got.

One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can.

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.

It's a wise man who profits by his own experience, but it's a good deal wiser one who lets the rattlesnake bite the other fellow.

Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place.

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.

Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just, But four times he who gets his blow in fust