The truly innocent are those who not only are guiltless themselves but who think others are.

I have never known a person to live to be one hundred and be remarkable for anything else.

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.

Ignorance is the wet-nurse of prejudice.

Knowledge is like money, the more a man gits the more he hankers for.

The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.

Pedigrees seldom improve by age; the grandson is too often a weak infringement on the grandsire's parent.