"The government is mainly an expensive organization to regulate evildoers, and tax those who behave: government does little for fairly respectable people except annoy them."
"Reading is like permitting a man to talk a long time, and refusing you the right to answer."
"No man would listen to you talk if he didn't known it was his turn next."
"When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it."
"No one can help you in holding a good job except Old Man You."
"A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around."
"What people say behind your back is your standing in the community."
"A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice."
"The real tragedy of life is not being limited to one talent, but in failing to use that one talent."
"A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person."
"Instead of loving your enemies, treat your friends a little better."
"There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope."
"Half the unhappiness in the world is due to the failure of plans which were never reasonable, and often impossible."
"To know when to be generous and when firm - this is wisdom."
"Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to get an early start."
"When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had and never will have."
"There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep."
"The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it."
"If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylum would be filled with mothers."
"Living up to ideals is like doing everyday work with your Sunday clothes on."
"One has fear in front of a goat, in back of a mule, and on every side of a fool."
"Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism."
"One has fear in front of a goat, in back of a mule, and on every side of a fool."
"Instead of loving your enemies, treat your friends a little better."
"The government is mainly an expensive organization to regulate evildoers, and tax those who behave: government does little for fairly respectable people except annoy them."