Caution, though very often wasted is a good risk to take.

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

It's a wise man who profits by his own experience, but it's a good deal wiser one who lets the rattlesnake bite the other fellow.

The fools in this world make about as much trouble as the wicked do.

Contentment is a kind of moral laziness; if there wasn't anything but contentment in his world, man wouldn't be any more of a success than an angleworm is

Life is like a mountain: after climbing up one side and sliding down the other, put up the sled.

The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing.