Don't wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.

Fleas can be taught nearly anything a congressman can.

I can live for two months on a good compliment.

All say, ‘how hard it is that we have to die’ -- a strange complaint to come from the mouths of those who have had to live.

Laws are sand, customs are rock. Laws can be evaded and punishment escaped, but an openly transgressed custom brings sure punishment.

The gods offer no rewards for intellect. There was never one yet that showed any interest in it.

If God had meant for us to be naked, we'd have been born that way.