There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.

A learned fool is one who has read everything and simply remembered it.

If the world despises a hypocrite, what must they think of him in heaven?

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.

Zoroaster said, when in doubt abstain; but this does not always apply. At cards, when in doubt take the trick.

Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.

It is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so.