There's no better way to mess up a good cowdog than to let him discover that goofing off beats the heck out of hard work.

When I'm alone, I'm in the company of the most interesting dog I know.

I'm flatulent in many languages.

Bravery and devotion to duty hath no greater reward than to see the cat get into trouble.

Don't take anything for granite. That's what tombstones are made of.

When time marches on, it steps on your nose and tail, and leaves boot prints down your back.

When you find a germ of truth, beware. Those germs can make you sick.

I've never been convinced that the sun would come up without me barking.

If you like Hank, you'll like Wilder Good, too.

Real christians always forgive before they are asked for forgiveness.

I am tired of the sickening sight of the battlefield with its mangled corpses & poor suffering wounded. Victory has no charms for men when purchased at such cost.

There is so much we just can't see or know right now, including precisely how our actions will ripple out.

If we are poor learners, our teaching will be ineffective.

I'll never stop appreciating how lucky I am.

People tell me it was a great left hook, but I wouldn't know. I never saw it

I am convinced that through these measures we have reestablished confidence.

But how right is it to kill a man for something that is in his soul?

I don't put a lot of pressure on myself when I'm writing. It feels like if I come up with something good, or I come up with something bad, I'm not too worried.

The core character of Victorians is one of aspiration and ambition, and Victorians have, since first settlement days... demonstrated that core character over and over again.