I never question a success, any more than I do the right of a bulldog to lie in his own gateway.

As a general thing, an individual who is neat in his person is neat in his morals.

Caution, though very often wasted is a good risk to take.

As the flint contains the spark, unknown to itself, which the steel alone can awaken to life, so adversity often reveals to us hidden gems, which prosperity or negligence would forever have hidden.

The man who gets bit twice by the same dog is better adapted for that kind of business than any other.

It ain't what a man don't know that makes him a fool, but what he does know that ain't so.

Better make a weak man your enemy than your friend.