Mark Twain

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.

If they had not landed there would be some reason for celebrating the fact.

Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are economical in its use.

The report of my death was an exaggeration.

A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read.

A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.

For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. And I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction.

There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death.

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.

Let us not be too particular; it is better to have old secondhand diamonds than none at all.

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

Nothing is more costly, nothing is more sterile, than vengeance.

In charity there is no excess.

People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first.

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

Success must include two things: the development of an individual to his utmost potentiality and a contribution of some kind to one’s world.

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

Laughter is the greatest weapon we have and we, as humans, use it the least.