No man is straitly honest to any but himself and God.
When one has tasted watermelons, one knows what angels eat. It was not a Southern watermelon that Eve took; we know it because she repented.
Life is short. Forgive quickly, kiss slowly and love truly.
We take a natural interest in novelties, but it is against nature to take an interest in familiar things.
Damn these human beings; if I had invented them I would go hide my head in a bag.
A tax is a fine for doing well, a fine is a tax for doing wrong.