Mark Twain Quotes

Heaven is earned by favors. If it were by merits, you would stay outside and your dog would enter.

The art of living consists in making even gravediggers lament your death.

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

It usually takes three weeks to prepare an impromptu speech.

Be virtuous and they will consider you eccentric.

Man is the only animal that eats without being hungry, drinks without being thirsty, and speaks without having anything to say.

If the truth is our most precious treasure, we would do well to economize it.

I have never allowed school to interfere with my education.

It's better to be a young bumblebee than an old bird of paradise.

There are two occasions when a man should not gamble; when he doesn't have money and when he does.

Work consists of what an organism is obliged to do; play consists of what an organism is not obliged to do.

Always act with accuracy. This will reassure some people and amaze the rest.