You can't no more teach what you ain't learned than you can come from where you ain't been.
I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.
The only very marked difference between the average civilized man and the average savage is that the one is gilded and the other is painted.
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
Time spent with your children is time wisely spent.