Joel Chandler Harris

“There is a certain dignity in silence which is worth more than any words.”

“Watch out when you're getting all you want. Fattening hogs ain't in luck.”

“The things that haven't been done before are the things to try.”

“Laziness grows on people; it begins in cobwebs and ends in iron chains.”

“A story has to be told or it dies.”

“The past is a good word, but it is not a good world to live in.”

“He who is not very strong in memory should not meddle with lying.”

“The briar-patch is where I was born and bred, Brer Fox.”

“The new South is enamored of her new work. Her soul is stirred with the breath of a new life.”

“It is the mission of the ideal journalist to make virtue readable.”

“It needs a heap of sense to tell a story that's got the breath of life in it.”

“The little bird that picks up the crumbs is always cheerful.”

“You can't run away from trouble. There ain't no place that far.”

“Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place.”