Mark Twain

There are only two forces that can carry light to all the corners of the globe… the sun in the heavens and the Associated Press down here.

Temperate temperance is best; intemperate temperance injures the cause of temperance.

It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected.

Prosperity is the best protector of principle.

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God’s handwriting – a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing.

In every author let us distinguish the man from his works.

A man cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will or against his will he draws his portrait to the eye of his companions by every word. Every opinion reacts on him who utters it. It is a threadball thrown at a mark, but the other end remains on the thrower.

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

The eyes indicate the antiquity of the soul.

Whatever advice you give, be short.

Even the best things are not equal to their fame.

To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you don’t need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are. It looks poorest when you are the richest.

He is rich who is content with the least; for contentment is the wealth of nature.

Poetry implies the whole truth, philosophy expresses only a particle of it.

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

Whenever you wish to do anything against the law, Cicely, always consult a good solicitor first.

My life is a struggle.