Bessie-isms:

*You have little justification for boasting. When you do well, someone will declare it. If no one is singing your praises, you’d be wise to sit down and be quiet too.

*The terrible storm that falls on the unprepared as a calamity, is but a refreshing wind, to one who has more properly prepared.

Quotable:

Nothing makes you more tolerant of a  neighbor’s noisy party, than being there!

Franklin P. Jones