Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritation and resentments slip away, and a sunny spirit takes their place. – Mark Twain
We do not deal much in facts when we are contemplating ourselves. – Mark Twain
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. – Mark Twain
Substitute damn every time youre inclined to write very your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be. – Mark Twain
All sounds are sharper in winter; the air transmits better. At night I hear more distinctly the steady roar of the North Mountain. In summer it is a sort of complacent purr, as the breezes stroke down its sides; but in winter always the same low, sullen growl. – John Burroughs, “The Snow-Walkers,” 1866