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.

The man who has never been tempted doesn't know how dishonest he is.

There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't.

Sekts and creeds ov religion, are like pocket compesses, good enuff tu pinte out the direction, but the nearer the pole yu git thewuss tha wurk.

Most men would rather be charged with malice than with making a blunder.

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

Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been.