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. % Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. % 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.