Of the demonstrably wise there are but two: those who commit suicide, & those who keep their reasoning faculties atrophied with drink.
Mark TwainOur opinions do not really blossom into fruition until we have expressed them to someone else.
Mark TwainHis head was an hour-glass; it could stow an idea, but it had to do it a grain at a time, not the whole idea at once.
Mark TwainTrial by jury is the palladium of our liberties. I do not know what a palladium is, but I am sure it is a good thing!
Mark TwainThe face of the water, in time, became a wonderful book- a book that was a dead language to the uneducated passenger, but which told its mind to me without reserve, delivering its most cherished secrets as clearly as if it uttered them with a voice. And it was not a book to be read once and thrown aside, for it had a new story to tell every day.
Mark Twain