Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain’t so wicked as their neighbors. — Henry Wheeler Shaw
One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness. — Henry Wheeler Shaw
Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for words. — Henry Wheeler Shaw
Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn’t be any fun living in it, or profit. — Henry Wheeler Shaw
The best medicine I know for rheumatism is to thank the lord that it ain’t gout. — Henry Wheeler Shaw
The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral scale than an angleworm. — Henry Wheeler Shaw
The road to ruin is always in good repair, and the travellers pay the expense of it. — Henry Wheeler Shaw
The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust. — Henry Wheeler Shaw
The trouble with people is not that they don’t know but that they know so much that ain’t so. — Henry Wheeler Shaw
The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way. — Henry Wheeler Shaw
There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can’t tell the truth without lying. — Henry Wheeler Shaw
There are two kinds of fools: those who can’t change their opinions and those who won’t. — Henry Wheeler Shaw
Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can’t suffer all the misery he wants in that time, he must be numb. — Henry Wheeler Shaw
To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while. — Henry Wheeler Shaw