"If a poet knows more about a horse than he does about heaven, he might better stick to the horse, and some day the horse may carry him into heaven"

"Better one's House be too little one day than too big all the Year after"

"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things"

"Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days"

"Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die"

"We do not remember days, we remember moments"

"If an ass goes travelling he will not come home a horse"

"The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life"

"I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its successful experiment that corruption has been imputed to many members of the House of Representatives, and the rights of the people have been bartered for promises of office"

"A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle"

"Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15"