Your fences need to be pig-tight, bull-strong, and horse-high.
Borrowing trouble from the future doesn’t deplete the supply.
Keep skunks, bankers, and politicians at a distance.
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
Life is simpler when you plow around the stumps.
Every path has a few puddles and bumps.
Hornets and wasps are faster than a John Deere tractor.
Silence is sometimes the best answer.
Words that sink in are whispered, not screeched.
The best sermons are lived, not preached.
If you don’t take the time to do it right, you’ll have to find the time to do it twice.
The time you waste always has a price.
Don’t corner something that is meaner than you, and don’t pick a fight with an old man.
If he’s too old, killing you may be all he can do.
It don’t take a very big person to carry very big grudges.
If you think you are a person of influence, try ordering around someone else’s dog. See if he budges.
You cannot unsay a cruel word.
Always drink upstream from the herd.
When you wallow with pigs, expect to pick up some muck.
Most times, it gets down to common sense, not dumb luck.
Don’t bang your shin on a stool that’s not in your way.
Most of the things people worry about ain’t gonna happen anyway.
Don’t interfere with something that ain’t bothering you none.
Good judgment comes from experience, most often from a bad one.
Don’t judge folks by a relative or two.
Live simply, love generously, care deeply, and speak kindly; the rest is not up to you.
If you’re in a hole, the first thing to do is to stop digging.
Letting the cat out of the bag is a lot easier than putting it back in.
The biggest troublemaker in your life looks at you in the mirror every morning.
Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older, and think back, you’ll get to enjoy it again.
Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
If you worry about what people think of you, you’re sure to be worrying a lot.
