Sekts and creeds ov religion, are like pocket compesses, good enuff tu pinte out the direction, but the nearer the pole yu git thewuss tha wurk.

Our continual desire for praise ought to convince us of our mortality, if nothing else will.

Knowledge is like money, the more a man gits the more he hankers for.

The truly innocent are those who not only are guiltless themselves but who think others are.

Fashion makes fools of some, sinners of others, and slaves of all.

Contentment is a kind of moral laziness; if there wasn't anything but contentment in his world, man wouldn't be any more of a success than an angleworm is

Despatch is taking time by the ears; hurry is taking it by the end of the tail.