Mark Twain

It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial "we."

Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial "we."

Frankness is a jewel; only the young can afford it

Frankness is a jewel; only the young can afford it

Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in read more

Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in a neighboring saloon and does not hear her.

We can secure other people's approval, if we do right and try hard; but our own is worth a hundred read more

We can secure other people's approval, if we do right and try hard; but our own is worth a hundred of it, and no way has been found out of securing that