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

I was a-trembling, because I'd got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it.

Deep down in me I knowed it was a lie, and He knowed it. You can't pray a lie - I found that out.

I am only human, although I regret it.

What's your name?" "Becky Thatcher. What's yours? Oh, I know. It's Thomas Sawyer." "That's the name they lick me by. I'm Tom when I'm good. You call me Tom, will you?" "Yes

I ordinarily smoke fifteen cigars during my five hours' labours, and if my interest reaches the enthusiastic point, I smoke more. I smoke with all my might, and allow no intervals.

Training- training is everything; training is all there is to a person. We speak of nature; it is folly; there is no such thing as nature; what we call by that misleading name is merely heredity and training. We have no thoughts of our own, no opinions of our own; they are transmitted to us, trained into us.