I have never examined the subject of humor until now. I am surprised to find how much ground it covers. I have got its divisions and frontiers down on a piece of paper. I find it defined as a production of the brain, as the power of the brain to produce something humorous, and the capacity of percieving humor.
Mark TwainWhat God lacks is convictions- stability of character. He ought to be a Presbyterian or a Catholic or something- not try to be everything.
Mark TwainProhibition only drives drunkenness behind doors and into dark places, and does not cure it or even diminish it.
Mark TwainTo be vested with enormous authority is a fine thing; but to have the on-looking world consent to it is finer.
Mark Twain