More quotes by Mark Twain

"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."
"The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time."
"Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen."
"Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it."
"The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also."