Beauty is a very handy thing to have, especially for a woman who ain't handsome.

Metaphysics is the science of proving what we don't understand.

Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for words.

It AIN'T so much the things we don't know that get us into trouble. It's the things we know that just ain't so.

Never teach your child to be cunning or you may be certain you will be one of the very first victims of his shrewdness.

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.

Admiration is a youthful fancy will which scarcely ever survives to mature years.