“Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the hones...” — Josh Billings Quote

“Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.”

“Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.”

“In the whole history of the world there is but one thing that money cannot buy...to wit--the wag of a dog's tail.”

“Folly consists not in committing Folly, but in being incapable of concealing it. All men make mistakes, but the wise conceal the blunders they have made, while fools make them public. Reputation depends more on what is hidden than on what is seen. If you can’t be good, be careful.”

“They think that intelligence is about noticing things are relevant (detecting patterns); in a complex world, intelligence consists in ignoring things that are irrelevant (avoiding false patterns)”