One legged chickens, I know, are the least apt to scratch a garden.

It is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so.

the squeeky wheel gets the grease.

It's not ignorance does so much damage; it's knowin' so derned much that ain't so.

Men are seldom underrated; the mercury in a man finds its true level in the eyes of the world just as certainly as it does in the glass of a thermometer.

A man running for office puts me in mind of a dog that's lost-he smells everybody he meets, and wags himself all over.

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