Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.

If men were stubborn just in proportion as they were right, stubbornness would take her seat among the virtues; but men are generally stubborn just in proportion as they are ignorant and wrong.

I don't never have any trouble in regulating my own conduct, but to keep other folks' straight is what bothers me.

There is no limit to the vanity of this world. Each spoke in the wheel thinks the whole strength of the wheel depends upon it.

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.

Young widows still bide their time.

Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed at.