Bessie-isms:

*The passage of time may make you wiser, but that’s no sure thing. It will just as easily make you bitter, and it will undeniably make you old.

*Most people like soft, fuzzy animals. The scaly ones are seldom as admired, unless someone turns them in to a pair of nice boots or a purse. Pays to have fur.

Quotable:

Man-a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.

Alexander Hamilton