Shame is the dying embers of virtue.

A slander is like a hornet; if you cannot kill it dead at the first blow, better not to strike at it.

Genuine laughing is the vent of the soul, the nostrils of the heart, and just as necessary for health and happiness as spring water is for a trout.

Man was created a little lower than the angels and has been getting a little lower ever since.

Prejudice is a house-plant which is very apt to wilt if you take it out-of-doors among folks.

I hate to be a kicker, I always long for peace, But the wheel that does the squeaking, is the one that gets the grease.

I don't care how much a man talks, if he only says it in a few words.