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Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.

Pity costs nothing, and it ain't worth nothing.

Poverty is the step-mother of genius.

One of the best temporary cures for pride and affection is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.

One-half the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.

If a man is right, he can't be too radical; if he is wrong, he can't be too conservative.

Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.

It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend to commit.

Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.

The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.

It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient.

Confess your sins to the Lord, and you will be forgiven; confess them to men, and you will be laughed at.

A slander is like a hornet; if you can't kill it dead the first time, better not strike at it.

The less we know the more we suspect.

Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go.

It is the little bits of things that fret and worry us; we can dodge an elephant, but we can't dodge a fly.

As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.

There is a significant Latin proverb; to wit: Who will guard the guards?

Better make a weak man your enemy than your friend.

It is a statistical fact that the wicked work harder to reach hell than the righteous do to enter heaven.