“ What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself. Mark Twain
“ Now the way that the book winds up is this: Tom and me found the money that the robbers hid in the cave, and it made us rich. We got six thousand dollars apiece—all gold. It was an awful sight of mone… Mark Twain
“ I ain’t everybody, and I can’t stand it. It’s awful to be tied up so. And grub comes too easy – I don’t take no interest in vittles, that way. […] Looky-here, Tom, being rich ain’t what it’s cracked o… Mark Twain
“ I 'uz mos' to de foot er de islan' b'fo' I found' a good place. I went into de woods en jedged I wouldn' fool wid raffs no mo', long as dey move de lantern roun' so. I had my pipe en a plug er dog-leg… Mark Twain
“ Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave of the leash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat. Mark Twain
“ The time to being writing an article is when you have finished it to your satisfaction. By that time you begin to clearly and logically perceive what it is you really want to say. Mark Twain
“ But the elastic heart of youth cannot be compressed into one constrained shape long at a time. Mark Twain
“ A man is accepted into a church for what he believes and he is turned out for what he knows. Mark Twain
“ My books are like water those of the great geniuses are wine. (Fortunately) everybody drinks water. Mark Twain
“ It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me it's the parts that I do understand. Mark Twain
“ Ignorant people think it is the noise which fighting cats make that is so aggravating, but it ain't so; it is the sickening grammar that they use. Mark Twain
“ I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't. Mark Twain
