There is no such thing as a pretty good omelette.

A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on.

Between two stools one sits on the ground.

With enough 'ifs' we could put Paris in a bottle.

No rose without a thorn.

He who can lick can bite.

The price spoils the pleasure.

Everything passes everything wears out everything breaks.

There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.

Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.

Only he who does nothing makes no mistakes.

Have you ever said, “Well, all we can do now is pray”? . . . When we come to the end of ourselves, we come to the beginning of God.

Idleness and solitude led to these dramatics: an ordinary turd indulging himself as the chief of sinners.

To live is to die. To die is to live. To avoid death, is to avoid living.

Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: "One can disagree without being disagreeable."

Newton's Fourth Law: Every action has an equal and opposite satisfaction.

If we prepare ourselves for life's inevitables, we will not be perplexed by life's transitions.

Improbable things happen a lot...

I always order the banned books from a black market dealer in California, figuring if the State of Mississippi banned them, they must be good.

People don't have to believe in you for you to succeed. Just work hard, when you succeed, they will believe.

Ben Battle was a soldier bold, and used to war's alarms, But a cannon-ball took off his legs, so he laid down his arms.