* Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and
bull-strong. *
*Keep skunks and bankers at a distance.*
*Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.*
* A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere
tractor.*
* Words that soak into your ears are whispered
...not yelled.*
* Meanness don't jes' happen overnight.*
* Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.*
* Do not corner something that you know is meaner
than you.*
* It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.*
* You cannot unsay a cruel word.*
* Every path has a few puddles.*
* When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.*
* The best sermons are lived, not preached.
* Most of the stuff people worry about ain't never gonna
happen anyway.*
* Don't judge folks by their relatives.*
* Remember that silence is sometimes the best
answer.*
* Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older
and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time.*
* Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't bothering
you none.*
* Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a
Rain dance.*
* If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is
stop diggin'*
* Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.*
* The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to
deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin'.*
* Always drink upstream from the herd.*
* Good judgment comes from experience, and a
lotta that
comes from bad judgment.*
* Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than
puttin' it back in.*
* If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some
influence,
try orderin' somebody else's dog around.*
* Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply.*
*Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.*
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Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight,
he'll just kill you.
