Ignorance ain't not knowin' stuff; ignorance is knowin' stuff that AIN'T TRUE.
A man cannot learn to be wise any more than he can learn to be handsome.
Silence is said to be golden, but the best fools the world has ever produced had nothing to say on the subject
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.
Keep a cow, and then the milk won't have to be watered but once.
Titles are valuable; they make us acquainted with many persons who otherwise would be lost among the rubbish.