Quotes from Mark Twain

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.

A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.

A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.

A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.

A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.

Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

All generalizations are false, including this one.

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

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.

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.

It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand.

It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.