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

I've never known an auctioneer to lie unless it was absolutely necessary.

The greatest thief this world has ever produced is procrastination, and he is still at large.

I have never known a person to live to be one hundred and be remarkable for anything else.

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.

Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return.

Better make a weak man your enemy than your friend.