---Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.
---Keep skunks, bankers, door-to-door salesmen or preachers 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. Don't tell bumble bees, but they're not supposed to be able to fly; their bodies are to big for their wings. But, they don't know that. So, they fly anyway.
---Words that soak into your ears are whispered, not yelled.
---Meanness don't just happen overnight. You can't be mean to people and expect them to care what happens to you when you get old.
---Forgive your enemies; it messes up their heads.
---Don't 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, so watch your mouth.
---Every path has a few puddles.
---When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
---The best sermons are lived, not preached.
---A fox will find a way to get in the hen house if you don't keep the walls mended.
---Most of the stuff people worry about, ain't never gonna happen, anyway.
---Don't judge folks by their relatives, 'cause you can pick your friends, but not your relatives.
---Only a very weak man beats his wife, or refuses to listen to what she has to say. Remember, if you treat a good woman bad, there's someone out there, waiting, who will treat her right.
---Silence is sometimes the best answer. Learn to walk away from a quarrel and let tempers cool.
---Don't waste your love or time on someone who don't appreciate you.
---Live a good and honorable life, then when you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time.
---Most parties have a few poopers. So, be prepared to deal with them because they usually show up.
---Never get between a mother and her offspring.
---Don't interfere with something' that ain't bothering you none.
---Respect all life. Even the smallest insect is part of a great balance.
---Never trust a person that animals don't like. Dogs and children, too, always know when they've met good person.
---Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
---It's best to build a house or a barn on a rise.
---If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'.
---Girls: if you're looking for a good man, watch to see how he treats his aged mom.
---Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
---Never stay in a house where an old man is married to a young woman.
---Be careful what you put in your brain; it has a tendency to stick there.
---The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every morning.
---A cat always knows where to find mice and also where the dog is.
---Always drink upstream from the herd.
---Be glad when it rains. It fills up the wells and puts nitrogen in the soil. On a rainy day, sit back, put your feet up, have a cup of coffee and wait for the rain to stop. It always will.
---Make hay while the sun shines.
---Don't run around madly in the heat of the day. Do your hardest work in the cool of the morning, or late afternoon, if you can.
---A humble person knows they can always learn something new.
---Villains will get their just deserts, it may take time, but they will get bit in the butt, eventually.
---Fight your own battles and stand up for what you think is right, even if it's unpopular.
---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 thinking' you're a person of some influence, try ordering' somebody else's dog around.
---Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, and enjoy the ride. You'll only go around once.
---Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just shoot you.
--- Paul Warner. May 14, 2012.
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