Mark Twain

Never learn to do anything. If you don’t learn, you will always find someone else to do it for you.

Forget and forgive. This is not difficult when properly understood. It means forget inconvenient duties, then forgive yourself for forgetting. By rigid practice and stern determination, it comes easy.

There are German songs which can make a stranger to the language cry.

The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large mattertis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.

Words are only painted fire; a look is the fire itself.

When you ascend the hill of prosperity, may you not meet a friend.

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.

Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous.

Gambling promises the poor what property performs for the rich, something for nothing.

People who can’t be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.

A physician’s physiology has much the same relation to his power of healing as a cleric’s divinity has to his power of influencing conduct.

A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.

Miss Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress.

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it.

We falsely attribute to men a determined character, putting together all their yesterdays and averaging them, we presume we know them. Pity the man who has character to support, it is worse than a large family, he is the silent poor indeed.

Be an opener of doors.

Liberty without obedience is confusion, and obedience without liberty is slavery.

It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.

The more experiments you make the better.

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.