An Old Cocky’s Advice.

Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.

Life is simpler when you plough 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.

Always drink upstream from the herd.

When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.

Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.

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

You cannot unsay a cruel word.

The best sermons are lived, not preached.

Every path has a few puddles.

Most of the stuff people worry about ain’t never gunna happen anyway.

Don’t judge folks by their relatives.

Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

Don’t interfere with somethin’ that ain’t botherin’ you none.

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

Live a good, honourable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll enjoy it a second time.

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’.

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

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