Biography is the best form of history.
Tears are a good alterative, but a poor diet.
I don't never have any trouble in regulating my own conduct, but to keep other folks' straight is what bothers me.
The quickest way to take the starch out of someone who is always blaming himself is to agree with him.
the squeeky wheel gets the grease.
I haven't got as much money as some folks, but I've got as much impudence as any of them, and that's the next thing to money.