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Some folks as they grow older grow wise but most folks simply grow stubborner.
Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go.
Ignorance ain't not knowin' stuff; ignorance is knowin' stuff that AIN'T TRUE.
People travel to learn; most of them before they start should learn to travel.
The morning paper is just as necessary for an American as dew is to the grass.
The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.
Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.
Despatch is taking time by the ears; hurry is taking it by the end of the tail.
You should always live within your income, even if you have to borrow to do so.
Rumor is like bees; the more you fight them the more you don't get rid of them.
Fortune is like a coquette; if you don't run after her, she will run after you.
Beauty is a very handy thing to have, especially for a woman who ain't handsome.
Liberty, like chastity, once lost, can never be regained in its original purity.
The best medicine I know for rheumatism is to thank the Lord that it ain't gout.
The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.
Dr. Holmes says, both wittily and truly, that crying widows are easiest consoled.
Politeness is better than logic. You can often persuade when you cannot convince.
A good reliable set of bowels is worth more to a man than any quantity of brains.
Debt is a trap which man sets and baits himself, and then deliberately gets into.
Nature makes all the noblemen; wealth, education, or pedigree never made one yet.
Admiration is a youthful fancy will which scarcely ever survives to mature years.
Take the humbug out of this world, and you haven't much left to do business with.
You cannot analyze a kiss any more than you can dissect the fragrance of flowers.
As a general thing, an individual who is neat in his person is neat in his morals.
It's not ignorance does so much damage; it's knowin' so derned much that ain't so.
Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return.
A WISE MAN never enjoys himself so much, or a FOOL so little, as when he is alone.
Vanity is a strange passion; rather than be out of a job it will brag of its vices.
Virtue does not consist in the absence of the passions, but in the control of them.
Man isn't a fool for his ignorance, but rather for believing things that are wrong.
I am a poor man, but I have this consolation: I am poor by accident, not by design.
There's one good thing about tight shoes; they make you forget your other troubles.
Debt is like any other trap, easy enough to get into, but hard enough to get out of.
The road to ruin is always in good repair, and the travellers pay the expense of it.
It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient.
Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for words.
Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.
One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.
There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.
To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.
When good-natured people leave us we look forward with extra pleasure to their return.
Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.
And now the lads and lasses, following the example of the birds, bill and coo together.
It is not much trouble to doctor sick folks, but to doctor healthy ones is troublesome.
Theres not a lot of good humor in medicine, but theres a lot of medicine in good humor.
Poverty is one of them kind of misfortunes that we all of us dread but none of us pity.
There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't.
There is not a whole lot of fun in medicine but there is a whole lot of medicine in fun.
When a young man begins to go down hill everything seems to be greased for the occasion.
The time to pray is not when we are in a tight spot but just as soon as we get out of it.