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

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

"When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the things that never happened. It is sad to go to pieces like this but we all have to do it."

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

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great."

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