Rumor is a vagrant without a home, and lives upon what it can pick up.

I've never known an auctioneer to lie unless it was absolutely necessary.

It AIN'T so much the things we don't know that get us into trouble. It's the things we know that just ain't so.

A puppy plays with every pup he meets, but an old dog has few associates.

There is only one good substitute for the endearments of a sister, and that is the endearments of some other fellow's sister.

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.

Self-made men are most always apt to be a little too proud of the job.