Mark Twain

Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make read more

Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you believe that you too can become great.

Eternal rest sounds comforting in the pulpit; well, you try it once, and see how heavy time will hang on read more

Eternal rest sounds comforting in the pulpit; well, you try it once, and see how heavy time will hang on your hands.

I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.

I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.

All say, 'How hard it is that we have to die' - a strange complaint to come from the mouths read more

All say, 'How hard it is that we have to die' - a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.

Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.

Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.