Mark Twain

"The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time."

Mark Twain  

Better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.

"The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them"

You want to understand men, run a country paper.

"Aspire to live, so when you die even the undertaker will be sorry.”  

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

To be satisfied with what one has; that is wealth

Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very"; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.