Mark Twain

"The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time."

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

"Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge."

"Education: the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty."

"The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth dying for."

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

"Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been."

"If books are not good company, where shall I find it?"

"A big leather-bound volume makes an ideal razorstrap. A thing book is useful to stick under a table with a broken caster to steady it. A large, flat atlas can be used to cover a window with a broken pane. And a thick, old-fashioned heavy book with a clasp is the finest thing in the world to throw at a noisy cat."

"Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer."[Mark Twain, a Biography]"

"Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary."

"You believe in a book that has talking animals, wizards, witches, demons, sticks turning into snakes, burning bushes, food falling from the sky, people walking on water, and all sorts of magical, absurd and primitive stories, and you say that we are the ones that need help?"

"Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first."

"All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure."

"I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it."

"The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read."

"I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened."

"Some people get an education without going to college. The rest get it after they get out."

"Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside."

"The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated."