Mark Twain Quotes
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I had now-not for the first time, nor the thousandth-trampled upon an old and wise and stern maxim of mine, to wit: 'Supposing is good, but finding out is better.'
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Formerly, if you killed a man, it was possible that you were insane-but now, if you, having friends and money, kill a man, it is evidence that you are a lunatic.
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I started out alone to seek adventures. You don't really have to seek them-that is nothing but a phrase-they come to you.
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I have never taken any exercise, except sleeping and resting, and I never intend to take any.
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Persons who think there is no such thing as luck-good or bad-are entitled to their opinion, although I think they ought to be shot for it.
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Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
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Probable nor'east to sou'west winds, varying to the soutard and westard and eastard and points between; high and low barometer, sweeping round from place to place; probable areas of rain, snow, hail, and drought, succeeded or preceded by earthquakes with thunder and lightning.
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The 'bus is English. When that is said, all is said. As a rule, any English thing is nineteen times as strong and twenty-three times as heavy as it needs to be. The 'bus fills these requirements.
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...my sister...was an interested and zealous invalid during sixty-five years, tried all the new diseases as fast as they came out, and always enjoyed the newest one more than any that went before; my brother had accumulated forty-two brands of Christianity before he was called away.
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...now...that I am a wise person. As for me, I wish there were some more of us in the world, for I find it lonesome.
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Do not tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don't tell them where they know the fish.