A reputable lawyer will advise you to keep out of the law, make the best of a foolish bargain, and not get caught again.

More than once I have been humiliated by my resemblance to God the father; He is always longing for the love of His children and trying to get it on the cheapest and laziest terms He can invent.

All right, then, I'll go to hell.

Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners.

A crime persevered in a thousand centuries ceases to be a crime, and becomes a virtue. This is the law of custom, and custom supersedes all other forms of law.

The writing begins when you’ve finished. Only then do you know what you’re trying to say.

Steal a chicken if you get a chance, Huck, because if you don't want it, someone else does and a good deed ain't never forgotten.