Pity cost nothing and ain't worth nothing.

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

There's tons of people that spend a lot time watching their well being, they have not acquired time to take pleasure in it.

Young widows still bide their time.

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

Never teach your child to be cunning or you may be certain you will be one of the very first victims of his shrewdness.

Nature makes all the noblemen; wealth, education, or pedigree never made one yet.