No man has all the wisdom in the world; everyone has some.

After a man passes sixty, his mischief is mainly in his head.

Faith may have removed mountains way off somewhere, a long time ago, but it won't remove a wart at home this week.

The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.

Nothing pleases a woman quite so well as to look so sweet that a man wants to kiss her, and then abuse him for his impudence.

Men are a good deal better collectively than they are individually. Many a man will do that privately which he will denounce in a crowd.

A thunderbolt never yet fell from a clear sky.

Somehow, everyone hates to see an unusually pretty girl get married. It is like taking a bite out of a very fine-looking peach.

Bravery is knowledge of the cowardice of the enemy.

As a rule, you'll not have much trouble having your way, if you are right.

We are all compelled to do a great deal of hard marching, but the victorious soldier has an easier time of it than the soldier smarting from defeat.

When a man tries himself, the verdict is usually in his favor.

No man's credit is as good as his money.

Every man imagines that fortunes may be easily made in some other part of the world. Every field looks green in the distance; it is not until he reaches it that a man sees that stumps and bad places are as numerous as in the field he left.

The way out of trouble is never as simple as the way in.

No man knows where his business ends and his neighbor's begins.

There is only one thing for a man to do who is married to a woman who enjoys spending money, and that is to enjoy earning it.

If a man takes one day off, it takes him about three days to get the harness fitted again.

When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.

You may easily play a joke on a man who likes to argue: agree with him.

Families with babies, and families without babies, are so sorry for each other.

A man has a right to think lots of things he has no right to say.

Good manners do more for a man that good looks.

When a man once gets a start holding office, it is nearly always necessary to finally choke him off.

The more wealth a man has, the louder his children talk.

The past is referred to as being dead; but it is terribly alive.

Probably you have noted the resemblance of the critic to the crank.

To be an ideal guest, stay at home.

There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing, but we all do, and call it hope.

Tell the truth, or someone will tell it for you.

Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to get an early start.

There is no get-rich-quick scheme equal to a poor girl marrying a rich man.

Every man is a reformer until reform tramps on his toes.

Man cannot be successful in business and in fishing at the same time.

Put cream and sugar on a fly, and it tastes very much like a black raspberry.

Some women marry for love, some for money, and some for a home. It is not known why men marry.

No really sensible person ever remembers enough poetry to recite it.

When your ship comes in, if you are like most people, instead of being thankful, you will find fault with the captain for the delay.

History is to the effect that man's sins always find him out; but men continue to bet that they won't.

Few men progress, except as they are pushed along by events.

People never have confidence in a Big Talker. They know his statements must be cut down, but they can never tell how much.

Nothing is wonderful when you get used to it.

What people say behind your back is your standing in the community in which you live.

A woman does not spend all her time in buying things; she spends part of it in taking them back.

Every man believes that if he could get capital interested, he could set the world on fire with his ideas.

A man who will not get scared on some occasions, lacks good sense.

A good many of your tragedies probably look like comedies to others.

For every quarrel a man and wife have before others, they have a hundred when alone.