“There’s no fun in physics, but a good deal of physics in fun.”

An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit.

Do a good deed every day.

The young may die; the old must die.

If you can’t lick `em, join `em.

The world is a ladder for some to go up and others down.

Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.

Distance is the best remedy against an evil-disposed man.

A farmer on his knees is higher than a gentleman on his legs.

Diseases are the tax on pleasures.

A little bit of powder and a little bit of paint make a woman look like what she ain’t.

From middle age on, everything of interest is either illegal, immoral or fattening.

Distrust a prairie-dog and fix it.

The wise man keeps his own counsel.

If you can’t say something good about someone, come sit right here by me.

Accidents will happen in the best of families.

The wicked work harder to preach hell than the righteous do to get to heaven.