Never tease an old dog; he might have one bite left.

When it don’t rain, the roof don’t leak; when it rains, I can’t fix it nohow.

Working because you want to is the best sort of play.

If tempted by something that feels 'altruistic,' examine your motives and root out that self-deception. Then, if you still want to do it, wallow in it!

But, do you know, once you get used to it's rather cute. I mean, if a girl looks alright to start with, she still looks alright with her head smooth.

Any government will work if authority and responsibility are equal and coordinate. This does not insure “good” government, it simply insures that it will work. But such governments are rare — most people want to run things, but want no part of the blame. This used to be called the “backseat driver” syndrome.

One might define adulthood as the age at which a person learns that he must die ...and accepts his sentence undismayed.