The trouble with most folks isn't their ignorance. It's knowin' so many things that ain't so.

The best condition in life is to be not so rich as to be envied nor so poor as to be damned.

The dog that will follow everbody ain't worth a curse.

Debt is like any other trap, easy enough to get into, but hard enough to get out of.

Fuss is half-sister to hurry, and neither of them can do anything without getting in their own way.

Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.

It is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so.