Mark Twain (1835-1910)

Quotes

• Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed.

• You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.

• Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.

• Suppose you were an idiot...and suppose you were a member of Congress...but I repeat myself.

• Adam was the only man who, when he said a good thing, knew that nobody had said it before him.

• When angry count to four; when very angry, swear.

• It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

• There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.

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

• Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.

• Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy you must have somebody to divide it with.

• Happiness is a Swedish sunset; it is there for all, but most of us look the other way and lose it.

• The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.

• We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again - and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore.

• Etiquette requires us to admire the human race.

• Just the omission of Jane Austen's books alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn't a book in it.

• It is noble to be good; it is still nobler to teach others to be good - and less trouble.

• Well enough for old folks to rise early, because they have done so many mean things all their lives they can't sleep anyhow.

• Whoever is happy will make others happy, too.

• We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove.