Remember well, and bear in mind, a constant friend is hard to find.

The trouble with organizing a thing is that pretty soon folks get to paying more attention to the organization than to what they're organized for.

So Pa sold the little house. He sold the cow and calf. He made hickory bows and fastened them upright to the wagon box. Ma helped him stretch white canvas over them.

Every job is good if you do your best and work hard. A man who works hard stinks only to the ones that have nothing to do but smell.

There's no great loss without some small gain.

Money hasn't any value of its own; it represents the stored up energy of men and women and is really just someone's promise to pay a certain amount of that energy.

These happy golden years are passing by, these happy golden years.