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.