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

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Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.

Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.

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...

Remember the poor, it costs nothing.

Remember the poor, it costs nothing.

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...

As a general thing, when a woman wears the pants in a family, she has...

As a general thing, when a woman wears the pants in a family, she has...

It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent...

It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent...

Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return.

Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return.

One of rarest things that a man ever does is to do the best he...

One of rarest things that a man ever does is to do the best he...

I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time...

I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time...

Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man...

Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man...

It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.

It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.

There's a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their...

There's a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their...

As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck...

As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck...

Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one...

Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one...

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.

Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.

We hate those who will not take our advice and despise those who do.

We hate those who will not take our advice and despise those who do.

Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.

Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.

Good advice usually works best when preceded by a bad scare.

Good advice usually works best when preceded by a bad scare.

As a general rule...people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or...

As a general rule...people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or...