It is a great deal easier for a man to find a pedigree to fit his virtues than virtues to fit his pedigree.

Adam invented love at first sight, one of the greatest labor-saving machines the world ever saw.

Some folks are wise and some otherwise.

Our continual desire for praise ought to convince us of our mortality, if nothing else will.

I don't never have any trouble in regulating my own conduct, but to keep other folks' straight is what bothers me.

Knowledge is like money, the more a man gits the more he hankers for.

Selfish people, with no heart to speak of, have the best time of it.