A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.
Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, and he was one of the greatest American authors and humorists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. While many people know Mark Twain stories, you may not know as much information about the life of Mark Twain. The details of his childhood and life show a character with many accomplishments.
Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So, throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails.
A good marriage is the union of the two good forgiveness
The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself.
To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift.
To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.
I sometimes wonder if our world leaders are very smart and just putting us on, or very stupid and mean it.
But the elastic heart of youth cannot be kept compressed into one constrained shape long at a time.
Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.
Profound silence; silence so deep that even their breathings were conspicuous in the hush.
Every man is born to one possession which out values all his others - his last breath.
Prophesy is a good line of business, but it is full of risks.
Make the best o' things the way you find 'em.
The waves most washed me off the raft sometimes.
An honest politician is an oxymoron.