Mark Twain

Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.

Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.

In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in Fench; I never did succeed in making those idiots read more

In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in Fench; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own language.

The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform read more

The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform itself a little, by way of example

The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

I said there was nothing so convincing to an Indian as a general massacre. If he could not approve of read more

I said there was nothing so convincing to an Indian as a general massacre. If he could not approve of the massacre, I said the next surest thing for an Indian was soap and education. Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run; because a half-massacred Indian may recover, but if you educate him and wash him, it is bound to finish him some time or other.