A secret ceases to be a secret if it is once confided - it is like a dollar bill, once broken, it is never a dollar again.

Successful writers learn at last what they should learn at first,--to be intelligently simple.

I don't never have any trouble in regulating my own conduct, but to keep other folks' straight is what bothers me.

the squeeky wheel gets the grease.

Some folks as they grow older grow wise but most folks simply grow stubborner.

Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.

Caution, though very often wasted is a good risk to take.