Mark Twain

Whoever has lived long enough to find out what life is, knows how deep a debt of gratitude we owe to Adam, the first great benefactor of our race. He brought death into the world.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then Success is sure.

He does not care for flowers. Calls them rubbish, and cannot tell one from another, and thinks it is superior to feel like that.

Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel.

Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either.

Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.

It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.

It is all right to rat, but you can’t re-rat.

The dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but they should be allowed the benefit of the doubt.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Is life worth living? This is a question for an embryo not for a man.

There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. That little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.

Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.

Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull everywhere. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him great.

Wear none of thine own Chains; but keep free, whilst thou art free.

By his father he is English, by his mother he is Americanto my mind the blend which makes the perfect man.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

Not to be provok’d is best: But if mov’d, never correct till the Fume is spent; For every Stroke our Fury strikes, is sure to hit our selves at last.

A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority; it is not even a minority then; but it is irresistible when it clogs by its whole weight.

Just do what works for you, because there will always be someone who think diffenrently…

Gentle Jesus, meek and mild’ is a snivelling modern invention, with no warrant in the gospels.