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

The nearest we can come to) perfect happiness is to cheat ourselves with the belief that we have got it.

It's not ignorance does so much damage; it's knowin' so derned much that ain't so.

A secret ceases to be a secret if it is once confided - it is like a dollar bill, once broken, it is never a dollar again.

When a man makes up his mind to become a rascal, he should examine himself closely and see if he isn't better constructed for a fool.

I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am most certain of the first time.

I never question a success, any more than I do the right of a bulldog to lie in his own gateway.