Wise men, like wine, are best when old; pretty women, like bread, are best when young.

Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsafe friend.

Mules and human jackasses are proverbially stubborn.

Look not to a woman's head for her brains, but rather to her heart.

Nature's bank-dividends.

The suspicious parent makes an artful child.

Money is a necessity; so is dirt.