Poverty is the step-mother of genius.

It ain't no disgrace for a man to fall, but to lie there and grunt is.

The miser and the glutton are two facetious buzzards: one hides his store, and the other stores his hide.

I never had a man come to me for advice yet, but what I soon discovered that he thought more of his own opinion than he did of mine.

Fuss is half-sister to hurry, and neither of them can do anything without getting in their own way.

Theres not a lot of good humor in medicine, but theres a lot of medicine in good humor.

Wisdom that don't make us happier ain't worth plowing for.