A good lawyer knows the law; a clever one takes the judge to lunch.

The first time a student realizes that a little learning is a dangerous thing is when he brings home a poor report card.

Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to.

An injurious truth has no merit over an injurious lie. Neither should ever be uttered. The man who speaks an injurious truth, lest his soul be not saved if he do otherwise, should reflect that that sort of a soul is not strictly worth saving.

You don't know about me, without you have read a book by the name of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,' but that ain't no matter. That book was made by a Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly.

Experience, the only logic sure to convince a diseased imagination and restore it to rugged health.

On with the dance, let the joy be unconfined.