An Old Farmer's Advice: * Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.    * Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers at a distance.  * Life is simpler when you plow around the stump. * A bumble bee  is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor. * Words that soak into your  ears are whispered...not yelled.  * Meanness don't jes' happen overnight.

 * Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.

 * Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.

 * It don't take a very big person  to carry a grudge.

 * You cannot unsay a cruel word.

  * Every path has a few  puddles.

  * When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.

 * The best  sermons are lived, not preached.

  * Most of the stuff people worry about ain't never gonna happen anyway.

 * Don't judge folks by their relatives.

* Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

 * Live a good, honorable  life. Then when you get older and think back,  you'll enjoy it a second  time.

* Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't botherin' you none.

 * Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

   * If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'.

* Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.

  * The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin'.

  * Always drink upstream from the herd.

  * Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad  judgment.

  * Lettin'  the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back  in.

* If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around.

* Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly.

Leave the rest to God.
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