Mark Twain

The law of God, as quite plainly expressed in woman’s construction, is this: There shall be no limit put upon your intercourse with the other sex sexually, at any time of life. During twenty-three days in every month (in the absence of pregnancy) from the time a woman is seven years old till she dies of old age, she is ready for action, and competent. As competent as the candlestick is to receive the candle. Competent every day, competent every night. Also, she wants that candle – yearns for it, longs for it, hankers after it, as commanded by the law of God in her heart.

It isn’t safe to sit in judgment upon another person’s illusion when you are not on the inside. While you are thinking it is a dream, he may be knowing it is a planet.

We may not pay Satan reverence, for that would be indiscreet, but we can at least respect his talents.

To succeed in life, you need to things: ignorance and confidence.

If you have to eat a frog, don’t look at it for too long.

The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopts them.

No man can be a pure specialist without being in the strict sense an idiot.

Oftentimes, it’s the way we react to change that is the thing that determines the overall experience.

The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England.

Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.

We are symbols, and inhabit symbols.

You don’t create things, you discover things.

The most difficult We do not deal in facts when we are contemplating ourselves.

Be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.

I have thought of a pulley to raise me gradually; but that would give me pain, as it would counteract my natural inclination. I would have something that can dissipate the inertia and give elasticity to the muscles. We can heat the body, we can cool it; we can give it tension or relaxation; and surely it is possible to bring it into a state in which rising from bed will not be a pain.

There’s much more stupidity than there is malice in the world.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Where charity keeps pace with grain, industry is blessed, but to slave to get, and keep it sordidly, is a sin against Providence, a vice in government and an injury to their neighbours.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

Those that are little, little things suit.

Twenty to twenty-five! These are the years! Dont be content with things as they are. Dont take No for an answer. Never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes; but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or even seriously distress her. She was made to be wooed and won by youth. She has lived and thrived only by repeated subjugations.