There are things which some people never attempt during their whole lives, but one of these is not poetry. Poetry attacks all human beings sooner or later, and, like the measles, is mild or violent according to the age of the sufferer.
Mark TwainThere is no character, howsoever good and fine, but it can be destroyed by ridicule, howsoever poor and witless.
Mark TwainNot until you become a stranger to yourself will you be able to make acquaintance with the Friend.
Mark TwainIt would not be possible for Noah to do in our day what he was permitted to do in his own ... The inspector would come and examine the Ark, and make all sorts of objections.
Mark Twain