It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient.

If men were stubborn just in proportion as they were right, stubbornness would take her seat among the virtues; but men are generally stubborn just in proportion as they are ignorant and wrong.

Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail.

Every man should know something of law; if he knows enough to keep out of it, he is a pretty good lawyer.

In the whole history of the world there is but one thing that money cannot buy...to wit--the wag of a dog's tail.

Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed at.

Titles are valuable; they make us acquainted with many persons who otherwise would be lost among the rubbish.