Don't wake up a woman in love. Let her dream, so that she does not weep when she returns to her bitter reality

Temperate temperance is best; intemperate temperance injures the cause of temperance.

They all laid their heads together like as many lawyers when they are gettin' ready to prove that a man's heirs ain't got any right to his property.

Good judgment comes from experience. And where does experience come from? Experience comes from bad judgment.

Every man is a moon; he has a side no one sees.

Gold in its native state is but dull, unornamental stuff, and only lowborn metals excite the admiration of the ignorant with an ostentatious glitter. However, like the rest of the world, I still go on underrating men of gold and glorifying men of mica.

Man proposes, but God blocks the game.