A banker is a fellow who lends his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain. – Mark Twain
It has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain when awake. – Mark Twain

A banker is a fellow who lends his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain. – Mark Twain
It has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain when awake. – Mark Twain
A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. – Mark Twain
Loyalty to petrified opinions never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul in this world — and never will. – Mark Twain
There is too much sour grapes for my taste in the present American attitude. The time to denounce the bankers was when we were all feeding off their gold plate; not now! At present they have not only my sympathy but my preference. They are the last representatives of our native industries. – Edith Wharton