Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you l... - Mark Twain

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

"The lack of money is the root of all evil."

"When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years."

"The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in Heaven."

"We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that the savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter."