Prejudice assumes the garb of reason, but the cheat is too thin.

Poverty is the step-mother of genius.

Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.

There is no limit to the vanity of this world. Each spoke in the wheel thinks the whole strength of the wheel depends upon it.

Early genius, like early cabbage, does not head well.

The more humble a man is before God the more he will be exalted; the more humble he is before man, the more he will get rode roughshod.

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