To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.

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Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions...

Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions...

Woman's influence is powerful, especially when she wants something.

Woman's influence is powerful, especially when she wants something.

There is a sort of charm in ugliness, if the person has some redeeming qualities...

There is a sort of charm in ugliness, if the person has some redeeming qualities...

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.

There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: Twins.

There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: Twins.

Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been

Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been

Silence is said to be golden, but the best fools the world has ever produced...

Silence is said to be golden, but the best fools the world has ever produced...

Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.

Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.

Life consists not in holding good cards, but in playing those you hold well.

Life consists not in holding good cards, but in playing those you hold well.

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed

When a man comes to me for advice I find out the kind of advice...

When a man comes to me for advice I find out the kind of advice...

Remember the poor, it costs nothing.

Remember the poor, it costs nothing.

Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he...

Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he...

The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral...

The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral...

No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.

Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.

Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs.

Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs.

Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors

Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors

As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no...

As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no...

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all...

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all...