Mark Twain

"From his cradle to the grave a man never does a single thing which has any first and foremost object save one-to secure peace of mind spiritual comfort for himself."

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."

"A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it."

"The preacher who casts a vote for conscience' sake, runs the risk of starving."

"I conceive that the right way to write a story for boys is to write so that it will not only interest boys but strongly interest any man who has ever been a boy. That immensely enlarges the audience."

"Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody."

"The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter."

"Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.']."

"This poor little one-horse town."

"Good friends good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."

"It ain't the parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it's the parts that I do understand."

"Go to bed early get up early-this is wise."