Knowledge is like money, the more a man gits the more he hankers for.

When a man gets talking about himself, he seldom fails to be eloquent and often reaches the sublime.

Men who have much to say use the fewest words.

A slander is like a hornet; if you cannot kill it dead at the first blow, better not to strike at it.

Pedigrees seldom improve by age; the grandson is too often a weak infringement on the grandsire's parent.

Method is the arithmetic of success.

Don't have any more secrets than you can keep yourself.