I've lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.

There was a great difference in boats, of course. For a long time I was on a boat that was so slow we used to forget what year it was we left port in.

I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it. It will be the greatest disappointment of my life if I don't go out with Halley's Comet. The Almighty has said, no doubt: "Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together.

If Christ were here now there is one thing he would not be — a Christian.

Never waste a lie; you never know when you may need it.

By common consent of all the nations and all the ages the most valuable thing in this world is the homage of men, whether deserved or undeserved.

Who knows, he may grow up to be President someday, unless they hang him first!" Aunt Polly about Tom Sawyer