It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. Overnight success is a fallacy. It is preceded by a great deal of preparation. Ask any successful person how they came to this point in their lives, and they will have a story to tell.

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.

In the South the war is what A.D. is elsewhere; they date from it.

A man who chooses not to read is just as ignorant as a man who cannot read.

There are two reasons why anybody buys anything. The real reason, and the reason they give you.

There is nothing so annoying as a good example!!

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.