Happiness ain't a thing in itself - it's only a contrast with something that ain't pleasant.

Man will do many things to get himself loved, he will do all things to get himself envied.

Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.

There are those who would misteach us that to stick in a rut is consistency - and a virtue, and that to climb out of the rut is inconsistency - and a vice.

There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy.

When one has tasted watermelon he knows what the angels eat.

There is not a single celebrated Southern name in any of the departments of human industry except those of war, assassination, lynching, murder, the duel, repudiation, & massacre.