*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.* *Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you!*
