More than two hundred death penalties are gone from the law books, but the [biblical] texts that authorised them remain.
Mark TwainThe proverb says, "Born lucky, always lucky," and I am very superstitious. As a small boy I was notoriously lucky. It was usual for one or two of our lads (per annum) to get drowned in the Mississippi or in Bear Creek, but I was pulled out in a 2/3 drowned condition 9 times before I learned to swim, and was considered to be a cat in disguise.
Mark TwainOnly kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial 'we.'
Mark Twain