To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.

...one should be gentle with the ignorant, for they are the chosen of God.

God has put something noble and good into every heart His hand created.

I repeat, sir, that in whatever position you place a woman she is an ornament to society and a treasure to the world. As a sweetheart, she has few equals and no superiors; as a cousin, she is convenient; as a wealthy grandmother with an incurable distemper, she is precious; as a wet-nurse, she has no equal among men. What, sir, would the people of the earth be without woman? They would be scarce, sir, almighty scarce.

The proverb says, "Born lucky, always lucky," and I am very superstitious. As a small boy I was notoriously lucky. It was usual for one or two of our lads (per annum) to get drowned in the Mississippi or in Bear Creek, but I was pulled out in a 2/3 drowned condition 9 times before I learned to swim, and was considered to be a cat in disguise.

The xmas holidays have this high value: that they remind Forgetters of the Forgotten, & repair damaged relationships.

If Christ were here now there is one thing he would not be — a Christian.