I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I... - Mark Twain

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

"Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination."

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

"A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain."

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