AN OLD FARMER'S ADVICE.
*Your fences need to be horse-high,
pig-tight and bull-strong.

*Keep skunks and bankers 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.

*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.

*Remember that silence is sometimes the
best answer.

*Live a good, honorable life.  Then when
you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it
a second time.

*Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't
botherin' you none.

*Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of
a rain dance.

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

*Sometimes you get, and sometimes you
get got.

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

*Always drink upstream from the herd.

*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 thinkin' you're a person of
some influence, try orderin' somebody
else's dog around.

*Live simply.  Love generously.  Care
deeply.  Speak kindly.  Leave the rest to
God.