*
Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.
* Keep skunks
and bankers and lawyers 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 botherin' 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.