More quotes by Mark Twain

"What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself."
"Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."
"Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge."
"The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time."
"Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else."