Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person. – Mark Twain
I was warned to stop smoking, which I did, for two or three days, but it was too lonesome, and I have resumed — in a modified way — 4 smokes a day instead of 40. This will have a good effect. On the bank balance. – Mark Twain
If they had not landed there would be some reason for celebrating the fact. – Mark Twain
The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopts them. – Mark Twain
Consequences are unpitying. Our deeds carry their terrible consequences, quite apart from any fluctuations that went before—consequences that are hardly ever confined to ourselves. And it is best to fix our minds on that certainty, instead of considering what may be the elements of excuse for us. – George Eliot, Adam Bede