No man that has ever lived has done a thing to please God--primarily. It was done to please himself, then God next.
Mark TwainI cannot call to mind a single instance where I have ever been irreverent, except toward the things which were sacred to other people.
Mark TwainI have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.
Mark TwainWherein lies a poet's claim to originality? That he invents his incidents? No. That he was present when his episodes had their birth? No. That he was first to repeat them? No. None of these things has any value. He confers on them their only originality that has any value, and that is his way of telling them.
Mark Twain