Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.
Mark TwainWe all know about the habits of the ant, we know all about the habits of the bee, but we know nothing at all about the habits of the oyster. It seems almost certain that we have been choosing the wrong time for studying the oyster.
Mark TwainIt has taken a weary long time to persuade American Presbyterians to give up infant damnation and try to bear it the best they can.
Mark TwainIt makes one hope and believe that a day will come when, in the eye of the law, literary property will be as sacred as whiskey, or any other of the necessaries of life. It grieves me to think how far more profound and reverent a respect the law would have for literature if a body could only get drunk on it.
Mark Twain