Mark Twain

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist.

The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all.

The secret source of humour itself is not joy, but sorrow. There is no humour in heaven.

Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.

Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which, before their union, were not perceived to have any relation.

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

They said eyes are the key to the soul, and after looking into yours, I know you’ve unlocked mine.

Sometimes it’s not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what things don’t mean.

Greatest thing in life is experience. Even mistakes have value.

You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.

Above all else, I would choose you. When there’s no more grand gestures, no more words to say, when everything around us begins to give way, when the sky grows dim and the colors fade, I will choose you.

The gifted man bears his gifts into the world, not for his own benefit, but for the people among whom he is placed; for the gifts are not his, he himself is a gift to the community.

Anger is nothing more than an outward expression of hurt, fear and frustration.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.

Whenever you get the idea that you are ‘fixed’ or that anything is ‘fixed’ for life, you’d better get ready for a sudden change.

Life is an improvisation. You have no idea what’s going to happen next and you are mostly just making things up as you go along.

Every success is the mother of countless others.

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

Those are my principles. If you don’t like them I have others.

A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.