It is a solemn thought: Dead, the noblest man's meat is inferior to pork |
It is a time when one's spirit is subdued and sad, one knows not why; when the past seems a storm-swept desolation, life a vanity and a burden, and the future but a way to death. |
It is a wise child that knows its own father, and an unusual one that unreservedly approves of him |
It is agreed, in this country, that if a man can arrange his religion so that it perfectly satisfies his conscience, it is not incumbent on him to care whether the arrangement is satisfactory to anyone else or not |
It is at our mother's knee that we acquire our noblest and truest and highest ideals, but there is seldom any money in them |
It is because they do not think at all; they only think they think. |
It is best to read the weather forecast before praying for rain |
It is better to be a young June-bug than an old bird of paradise |
It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not to deserve them. |
It is better to give than receive- especially advice |
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt. |
It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt. |
It is better to support schools than jails. |
It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected. |
It is by the fortune of God that, in this country, we have three benefits: freedom of speech, freedom of thought, and the wisdom never to use either. |