When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and... - Mark Twain

"I must have a prodigious amount of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up!"

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect)."

"I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it."

"When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained."

"Herodotus says, "Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all: the conscientious historian will correct these defects."