Mark Twain

Sometimes too much drink is barely enough.

The wit knows that his place is at the tail of a procession.

The most interesting information come from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.

Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it.

If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything.

Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.

Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

I think a compliment ought to always precede a complaint, where one is possible, because it softens resentment and insures for the complaint a courteous and gentle reception.

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.

Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

We run to win, not just to be in the race.

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

Rebellions of the belly are the worst.

Resting at your shore fills me with a peace, as if I’ve always been here. My cells resonating with the element of you, boundaries diffuse as one.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.

We need only travel enough to give our intellects an airing.

It takes two to speak truth – one to speak, and another to hear.

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.

We must not inquire too curiously into motives… They are apt to become feeble in the utterance: the aroma is mixed with the grosser air. We must keep the germinating grain away from the light.