"A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught.












I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.
More Mark Twain quotes
"Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
"There isn't time, so brief is life, for bickerings, apologies, heartburnings, callings to account. There is only time for loving, and but an instant, ...
"Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.
"They said they would rather be outlaws a year in Sherwood Forest than President of the United States forever.
"I wish I could make him understand that a loving good heart is riches enough, and that without it intellect is poverty.
"I have lived a long life and had many troubles, most of which never happened
"Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, which course is patriotic and which isn't. You cannot shirk this and be a man....
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
"My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.
"Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.
"We are chameleons and our partialities and prejudices change place with an easy and blessed facility.
"Never let your education interfere with your learning.
"Nothing exists but you. And you are but a thought.
"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.