| Knowledge is like money, the more a man gits the more he hankers for. |
| Ambition is like hunger; it obeys no law but its appetite. |
| Advice is like kissing; it costs nothing and is a pleasant thing to do. |
| There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness. |
| There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen to them. |
| Never work before breakfast; if you have to work before breakfast, eat your breakfast first. |
| It iz the little bits ov things that fret and worry us; we kan dodge an elefunt but we kan't a fli. |
| Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed. |
| Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense. |
| I never knew a man troubled with melancholy, who had plenty to do, and did it. |