Mark Twain

I have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.

Always do right--this will gratify some and astonish the rest.

I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is that I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

The difference between the right word and almost the right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

Truth is stranger than Fiction, for Fiction is obliged to stick to probability; and Truth ain't

Without fools the rest of us could not succeed.