Lying is like trying to hide in a fog: If you move about you're in danger of bumping your head against the truth, and as soon as the fog blows off, you are gone anyhow.

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

It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.

Nature makes all the noblemen; wealth, education, or pedigree never made one yet.

If you believe you can do something, then you can acquire the ability to do it even if you didn't have it in the beginning.

Lying is like trying to hide in a fog: If you move about you're in danger of bumping your head against the truth, and as soon as the fog blows off, you are gone anyhow.

Man was created a little lower than the angels and has been getting a little lower ever since.