Bessie-isms:

*History is no more honest than the people writing it, maybe less. No one is free of bias or the desire for things to be the way the wish they were, instead of how they really are.

* Your judgement, such as it is, when you die will be uncomfortable, as God will make you use His standards to evaluate your own life. Sort of like grading your own paper in school, but without the ability to cheat!

Quotable:

Its name is Public Opinion. It is held in reverence. It settles everything. Some think it is the voice of God.

Mark Twain