If you don't read the newspaper, you are uninformed; if you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.

Never let your schoolin' interfere with your education.

It ain't the parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand.

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Whiskey is for drinking. Water is for fighting over.

Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear, and the blind can read.