Mark Twain

To promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to read more

To promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to go and do that very thing.

Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing read more

Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.

There are no people who are quite so vulgar as the over-refined.

There are no people who are quite so vulgar as the over-refined.

When angry, count to four. When very angry, swear.

When angry, count to four. When very angry, swear.

My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its officeholders. The country is the read more

My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its officeholders. The country is the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing; it is the thing to watch over, and care for, and be loyal to institutions are extraneous, they are its mere clothing, and clothing can wear out, become ragged, cease to be comfortable, cease to protect the body from winter, disease, and death.