Mark Twain

There are laws to protect the freedom of the press's speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from the press

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man

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

Work is a necessary evil to be avoided

The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter--it's the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.

One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives

A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain

It is by the fortune of God that, in this country, we have three benefits: freedom of speech, freedom of thought, and the wisdom never to use either.

Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century