The Lives Of Happy People Are Dense

I'm Glad I've Been Wrong Enough To Keep In Practice. . . You Can't Avoid It, You've Got To Learn To Handle It. If You Only Come Face To Face With Your Own Mistakes Once Or Twice In Your Life It's Bound To Be Extra Painful. I Face Mine Every Day--that Way They Ain't Usually Much Worse Than A Dry Shave.

A Man Who Wouldn't Cheat For A Poke Don't Want One Bad Enough. --augustus "gus" Mccrae

I Don't See How Being Married Could Be Any Worse Than Listening To You Talk For Twenty Years, But That Still Ain't Much Of A Recommendation For It.

Part Of The Trick Of Being Happy Is A Refusal To Allow Oneself To Become Too Nostalgic For The Heady Triumphs Of One's Youth.

When Augustus Came Out On The Porch The Blue Pigs Were Eating A Rattlesnake—not A Very Big One. It Had Probably Just Been Crawling Around Looking For Shade When It Ran Into The Pigs. They Were Having A Fine Tug-of-war With It, And Its Rattling Days Were Over.