Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.

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.

If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin’.

Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

Don’t interfere with something’ that ain’t botherin’ you none.

The biggest troublemaker you’ll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin’.