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.