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.

The books are balanced in heaven, not here.

I hate to be a kicker, I always long for peace, But the wheel that does the squeaking, is the one that gets the grease.

Anxiety will bear a lot of nuisance.

The happiest time in any man's life is when he is in red-hot pursuit of a dollar with a reasonable prospect of overtaking it.

If animals had reason, they would act just as ridiculous as we menfolks do.

Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs.