Never be haughty to the humble, never be humble to the haughty.
...there isn't often anything in Wagner opera that one would call by such a violent name as acting.
I wonder if God created man because He was disappointed with the monkey.
There warn't anybody at the church, except maybe a hog or two, for there warn't any lock on the door, and hogs likes a puncheon floor in summer-time because it's cool. If you notice, most folks don't go to church only when they've got to; but a hog is different.
The man who isn't a pessimist is a damned fool.
There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.