It ain't what a man don't know that makes him a fool, but what he does know that ain't so.

I am a poor man, but I have this consolation: I am poor by accident, not by design.

If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could not even eat hash with any safety.

The trouble with most folks isn't their ignorance. It's knowin' so many things that ain't so.

If you would make yourself agreeable wherever you go, listen to the grievances of others but never relate your own.

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

Wisdom deprives even poverty of half its power.