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

Politeness is better than logic. You can often persuade when you cannot convince.

Love is said to be blind, but I know some fellows in love who can see twice as much in their sweethearts as I do.

Newfoundland dogs are good to save children from drowning, but you must have a pond of water handy and a child, or else there will be no profit in boarding a Newfoundland.

Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go.

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.

The man who has never been tempted doesn't know how dishonest he is.