Where ignorance is bliss it's foolish to borrow your neighbor's newspaper.
When a fellow says, "It ain't the money but the principle of the thing," it's the money.
We would all like to vote for the best man but he is never a candidate.
Universal peace sounds ridiculous to the head of an average family.
There is nothing so aggravating as a fresh boy who is too old to ignore and too young to kick.
There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.
As to those who hoard gold and silver and spend it not in God's path, give them, then, the tidings of a painful agony: on a day when these things shall be heated in hell-fire, and their foreheads, and their sides, and their backs shall be branded therewith.
There are two ways to handle a woman, and nobody knows either of them.
The worst feature of a new baby is its mother's singing.
The world gels better every day - then worse again in the evening.
The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.
The fellow that owns his own home is always just coming out of a hardware store.
The fellow that agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin you.
There's no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn't tell you about it?