It is the little bits of things that fret and worry us; we can dodge a elephant, but we can't dodge a fly.

Stupidity,--unconscious ignorance.

There never yet was a mother who taught her child to be an infidel.

It AIN'T so much the things we don't know that get us into trouble. It's the things we know that just ain't so.

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.

A puppy plays with every pup he meets, but an old dog has few associates.

Everyone who does the best he can is a hero.