Do you reckon Tom Sawyer was satisfied after all them adventures?

Begin with the determination to succeed and the work is half done already.

Humor must not professedly teach and it must not professedly preach, but it must do both if it would live forever.

Stripping away the irrational, the illogical, and the impossible, I am left with atheism. I can live with that.

It was in Warwick Castle that I came across the curious stranger whom I am going to talk about. He attracted me by three things: his candid simplicity, his marvelous familiarity with ancient armor, and the restfulness of his company--for he did all the talking.

I'm merely running some errands. This is now off the record.

Man is the only creature who has a nasty mind.