Happiness is an exotic of celestial birth.

He is the very pineapple of politeness.

A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge.

When of a gossiping circle it was asked, "What are they doing?" The answer was, "Swapping lies.

An aspersion upon my parts of speech!

Won't you come into the garden? I would like my roses to see you.

A bumper of good liquor Will end a contest quicker Than justice, judge or vicar.

An unforgiving eye, and a damned disinheriting countenance!

Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over.

Never say more than is necessary.

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.

Sin leads to physical death in the spirit.

Knowledge comes from learning. Wisdom comes from living.

Do not seek after what you yearn for, seek the source of the yearning itself.

Nor at all can tell Whether I mean this day to end myself, Or lend an ear to Plato where he says, That men like soldiers may not quit the post Allotted by the Gods.

What is beautiful is moral, that is all there is to it.

To get a human through a life, lives of broken bones, knock-me-over-with-a-feather susceptibility to myriad viruses, and whatever else might befall someone will cost money.

Black Girls rock because we have no other choice.

When you believe, it activates God's power.

You can drive the devil out of your garden but you will find him again in the garden of your son.

I would like to live to a ripe old age and raise watermelons in Wyoming.