The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one

What's the use you learning to do right, when it's troublesome to do right and ain't no trouble to do wrong, and the wages is just the same?

What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself

The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.