“Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.”

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

“The trouble with most folks isn't their ignorance. It's knowin' so many things that ain't so.”

“Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius”

“Lying is like trying to hide in a fog: If you move about you're in danger of bumping your head against the truth, and as soon as the fog blows off, you are gone anyhow.”

“There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.”

“Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well”