The country is the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing, it is the thing to watch over and care for and be loyal to; institutions are extraneous. . . .
Mark TwainOne of life's most over-valued pleasures is sexual intercourse; of one of life's least appreciated pleasures in defecation.
Mark TwainHe does not care for flowers. Calls them rubbish, and cannot tell one from another, and thinks it is superior to feel like that.
Mark Twain