As to those who hoard gold and silver and spend it not in God's path, give them, then, the tidings of a painful agony: on a day when these things shall be heated in hell-fire, and their foreheads, and their sides, and their backs shall be branded therewith.

There isn't much to be seen in a little town, but what you hear makes up for it.

Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.

Another bad thing about "prosperity" is that you can't jingle any money without being under suspicion

I don't know of anything better than a woman if you want to spend money where it will show.

A bee is never as busy as it seems; it's just that it can't buzz any slower.

My idea of walking into the jaws of death is marrying some woman who has lost three husbands.