What a lie it is to call this a free country, where none but the unworthy and undeserving may swear.
Mark TwainAlways acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
Mark TwainWhat is it that strikes a spark of humor from a man? It is the effort to throw off, to fight back the burden of grief that is laid on each one of us. In youth we don't feel it, but as we grow to manhood we find the burden on our shoulders. Humor? It is nature's effort to harmonize conditions. The further the pendulum swings out over woe the further it is bound to swing back over mirth.
Mark Twain