Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He surveyed the fence, and all gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled down upon his spirit. Thirty yards of board fence nine feet high. Life to him seemed hollow, and existence but a burden.

Never argue with people who buy ink by the gallon.

How unfortunate and how narrowing a thing it is for a man to have wealth who makes a god of it instead of a servant

Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.

A man is accepted into a church for what he believes and he is turned out for what he knows.

It takes some little time to accept and realize the fact that while you have been growing old, your friends have not been standing still, in that matter.

We consider that any man who can fiddle all through one of those Virginia Reels without losing his grip may be depended upon in any kind of musical emergency.