People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.
The most destructive criticism is indifference.
Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.
There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep.
When a man tells you what people are saying about you, tell him what people are saying about him; that will immediately take his mind off your troubles.
Nothing pleases a woman quite so well as to look so sweet that a man wants to kiss her, and then abuse him for his impudence.
Most people eat as if they were fattening themselves for market.
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.
For every quarrel a man and wife have before others, they have a hundred when alone.
An honest answer is the sign of true friendship.
If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.
Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time.
A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
If a man takes one day off, it takes him about three days to get the harness fitted again.
No man's credit is ever as good as his money.
Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to get an early start.
Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.
A man has his clothes made to fit him; a woman makes herself fit her clothes.
Financial sense is knowing that certain men will promise to do certain things, and fail.
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.
One has fear in front of a goat, in back of a mule, and on every side of a fool
You can make up a quarrel, but it will always show where it was patched.
Few men progress, except as they are pushed along by events.
If a woman doesn't chase a man a little, she doesn't love him.
Loving everybody is polygamy. I care for no friend who loves his enemy equally well.
