Silence is one of the hardest kind of arguments to refute. There is no good substitute for wisdom; but silence is the best that has yet been discovered.

Truth is the edict of God.

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.

Pride seems tew be quite equally distributed; the man who owns the carriage and the man who drives it seem tew have it just alike.

Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been.

There is only one good substitute for the endearments of a sister, and that is the endearments of some other fellow's sister.

The man who ain't got an enemy is really poor.