The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who l... - 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."

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

"The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time."

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

"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"