Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail.
It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend to commit.
It's not ignorance does so much damage; it's knowin' so derned much that ain't so.
We should make virtue our master, not our servant.
Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just, But four times he who gets his blow in fust
The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.