A distinguished man should be as particular about his last words as he is about his last breath. He should write them out on a slip of paper and take the judgment of his friends on them. He should never leave such a thing to the last hour of his life, and trust to an intellectual spurt at the last moment to enable him to say something smart with his latest gasp and launch into eternity with grandeur.
Mark TwainThey do say that when a man starts down hill everybody is ready to help him with a kick, and I suppose it is so.
Mark TwainHain't we got all the fools in town on our side? And hain't that a big enough majority in any town?
Mark TwainWe can secure other people's approval, if we do right and try hard; but our own is worth a hundred of it, and no way has been found out of securing that.
Mark Twain