Wise men have but few confidants, and cunning ones none.

Don't ever prophesy; for if you prophesy wrong, nobody will forget it; and if you prophesy right, nobody will remember it.

the squeeky wheel gets the grease.

Metaphysics is the science of proving what we don't understand.

Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.

Every man should know something of law; if he knows enough to keep out of it, he is a pretty good lawyer.

To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.