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.

One legged chickens, I know, are the least apt to scratch a garden.

As the flint contains the spark, unknown to itself, which the steel alone can awaken to life, so adversity often reveals to us hidden gems, which prosperity or negligence would forever have hidden.

The best medicine I know for rheumatism is to thank the Lord that it ain't gout.

Faith is the soul riding at anchor.

A man running for office puts me in mind of a dog that's lost-he smells everybody he meets, and wags himself all over.

Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.