There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen to them.

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

Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.

Pyrotechnically considered, [laughing] is the fire-works of the soul.

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.

A good reliable set of bowels is worth more to a man than any quantity of brains.

One legged chickens, I know, are the least apt to scratch a garden.