A man is accepted into a church for what he believes and he... - Mark Twain

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

"I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know."

"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."

"Humor is mankind's greatest blessing."

"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"