Samuel Langhorne Clemens:
(Florida (Missouri), 30 November 1835 – Redding (Connecticut), 21 April 1910). Known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer and humorist.
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
December is the toughest month of the year. Others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, October, August, and February.
If you tell the truth, you have to remember anything.
Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.
If you don’t read the papers, you don’t know. If you read them, you are misinformed.
Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
It is better to be a young June bug than an old bird of paradise.
The day of your birth and the day when you realize your true calling or purpose are the two most crucial days in your life.
Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life.
Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.
Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.
April 1 ( Fools day ). This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other 364.
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that crushed it.
It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.
For business reasons, I must preserve the outward signs of sanity.
Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.
When in doubt tell the truth. It will confound your enemies and astound your friends.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform ( or pause and reflect ).
I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.
A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
It is easier to fool people than convince them they have been fooled.
A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read.
New Year’s Day, now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual.
