Humor must not professedly teach and it must not professedly preach, but it must do both if it would live forever. – Mark Twain
The proper proportions of a maxim: a minimum of sound to a maximum of sense. – Mark Twain

Humor must not professedly teach and it must not professedly preach, but it must do both if it would live forever. – Mark Twain
The proper proportions of a maxim: a minimum of sound to a maximum of sense. – Mark Twain
There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice. – Mark Twain
Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run. – Mark Twain