Mark Twain

"Do the thing you fear the most and the death of fear is certain"

"If we were meant to talk more than listen, we would have two mouths and one ear."

I have been through some terrible things in my life--some of which actually happened.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living, the world owes you nothing, it was here first

I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.

My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.

"It is better to keep your mouth shut and to appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt."

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.