When I get hold of a book I particularly admire, I am so enthusiastic that I loan it to someone who never brings it back.

What people say behind your back is your standing in the community in which you live.

The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep

About all some men accomplish in life is to send a son to Harvard.

A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.

A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.

A modest man is usually admired - if people ever hear of him.

If you go to church and like the singing better than the preaching that's not orthodox.

No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.

If you knew how cowardly your enemy is you would slap him.

Bravery is the knowledge of the cowardice in the enemy.

A reasonable probability is the only certainty.

There is only one thing people like that is good for them a good night's sleep.

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.

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.

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.

Probably no man ever had a friend he did not dislike a little we are all so constituted by nature that no one can possibly entirely approve of us.

Friends are like a pleasant park where you wish to go while you may enjoy the flowers you may not eat them.

Instead of loving your enemies treat your friends a little better.

When I am idle and shiftless my affairs become confused when I work I get results ... not great results but enough to encourage me.

If 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.

What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.

A modest man is usually admired - if people ever hear of him.

A man should be taller older heavier uglier and hoarser than his wife.

A man should be taller older heavier uglier and hoarser than his wife.

A man should be taller older heavier uglier and hoarser than his wife.

A man should be taller older heavier uglier and hoarser than his wife.

A man should be taller older heavier uglier and hoarser than his wife.

A man should be taller older heavier uglier and hoarser than his wife.

A man should be taller older heavier uglier and hoarser than his wife.

A man should be taller older heavier uglier and hoarser than his wife.

Even if a farmer intends to loaf he gets up in time to get an early start.

Abuse a man unjustly and you will make friends for him.

A man should be taller older heavier uglier and hoarser than his wife.

If a man has money it is usually a sign too that he knows how to take care of it don't imagine his money is easy to get simply because he has plenty of it.

There is only one thing for a man to do who is married to a woman who enjoys spending money and that is to enjoy earning it.

Even if a farmer intends to loaf he gets up in time to get an early start.

A loafer never works except when there is a fire then he will carry out more furniture than anybody.

When people hear good music it makes them homesick for something they never had and never will have.

A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.

Half the unhappiness in the world is due to the failure of plans which were never reasonable and often impossible.

People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.

No one can help you in holding a good job except Old Man You.

The feeling of sleepiness when you are not in bed and can't get there is the meanest feeling in the world.

If you knew how cowardly your enemy is you would slap him. Bravery is knowledge of the cowardice in the enemy.

No one can help you in holding a good job except Old Man You.

Farmers worry only during the growing season but town people worry all the time.

Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.

A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.

Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.