AN OLD FARMER'S ADVICE:

1. Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight, and bull-strong.
2. Keep skunks and bankers at a AN OLD FARMER'S ADVICE:

1. Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight, and bull-strong.
2. Keep skunks and bankers at a distance.
3. Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
4. A bumblebee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.
5. Words that soak into your ears are whispered- not yelled.
6. Meanness don't just happen overnight.
7. Forgive your enemies- it messes up their heads.
8. Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.
9. It doesn't take a very big person to carry a grudge.
10. You cannot unsay a cruel word.
11. Every path has a few puddles.
12. When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
13. The best sermons are lived, not preached.
14. Most of the stuff people worry about ain't ever going to happen anyway.
15. Don't judge folks by their relatives.
16. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
17. Live a good, honorable life. Then, when you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time.
18. Don't interfere with something that ain't bothering you.
19. Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
20. If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'.
21. Sometimes you get- and sometimes you get got.
22. The biggest troublemaker you'll ever have to deal with watches you from the mirror every mornin'.
23. Always drink upstream from the herd.
24. Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement.
25. Lettin' the cat out of the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin it back in.
26. If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else's dog around.
27. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly.
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