Men are seldom underrated; the mercury in a man finds its true level in the eyes of the world just as certainly as it does in the glass of a thermometer.

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

It is true that wealth won't make a man virtuous, but I notice there ain't anybody who wants to be poor just for the purpose of being good.

One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can.

As in a game ov cards, so in the game ov life, we must play what is dealt tew us, and the glory consists, not so mutch in winning, as in playing a poor hand well.

Wisdom that don't make us happier ain't worth plowing for.

The greatest thief this world has ever produced is procrastination, and he is still at large.