The hardest thing any man can do is to fall down on the ice when it's slippery, and get up and praise the Lord.

What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul I suppose this depends somewhat upon the size of the soul. I think there are cases where the trade would do.

It is a statistical fact that the wicked work harder to reach hell than the righteous do to enter heaven

Nature makes all the noblemen; wealth, education, or pedigree never made one yet.

The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.

Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he wants in that time, he must be numb.

Early genius, like early cabbage, does not head well.