A Patriot is someone who stands for his country always, and for his government when it is deserved.
Mark TwainI am a democrat only on principle, not by instinct, nobody is that. Doubtless some people say they are, but this world is grievously given to lying.
Mark TwainAs a rule we develop a borrowed European idea forward, and ... Europe develops a borrowed American idea backwards.
Mark TwainAnother editor. That thing behind his ear is his pencil. Whenever he finds a bright thing in your manuscript he strikes it out with that. That does him good, and makes him smile and show his teeth, the way he is doing in the picture. This one has just been striking out a smart thing, and now he is sitting there with his thumbs in his vest-holes, gloating. They are full of envy and malice, editors are.
Mark Twain