Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary. – Mark Twain
It is human to exaggerate the merits of the dead. – Mark Twain
I am pushing sixty. That is enough exercise for me. – Mark Twain
But when the time comes that a man has had his dinner, then the true man comes to the surface. – Mark Twain
Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside. – Mark Twain
There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable. – Mark Twain
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare. – Mark Twain
Sacred cows make the best hamburgers. – Mark Twain
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. – Mark Twain
We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles. – Mark Twain
Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul. – Mark Twain
When you cannot get a compliment in any other way pay yourself one. – Mark Twain
I can live for two months on a good compliment. – Mark Twain
Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered — either by themselves or by others. – Mark Twain
Be careless in your dress if you will, but keep a tidy soul. – Mark Twain
One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives. – Mark Twain
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it and stop there, lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again, and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore. – Mark Twain
Let us endeavor to live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. – Mark Twain
If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much. – Mark Twain
The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something that can be learned in no other way. – Mark Twain
