Bessie-isms:

*Principles that never pinch or chafe are pretty lousy principles. The good ones hurt occasionally, especially when they rub up against your laziness and urge to do the easy thing.

*Apparently no one told the easy, slutty girls that men will pay well for that furry toy of theirs. They could at least have a nicer car or place to live, and the wise ones do just that.

Quotable:

Some people have a perfect genius for doing nothing, and doing it assiduously.

Thomas Haliburton