Half of the results of a good intentions are evil; half the results of an evil intention are good.
Mark TwainThe political and commercial morals of the United States are not merely food for laughter, they are an entire banquet.
Mark TwainBut it is a blessed provision of nature that at times like these, as soon as a man's mercury has got down to a certain point there comes a revulsion, and he rallies. Hope springs up, and cheerfulness along with it, and then he is in good shape to do something for himself, if anything can be done.
Mark Twain