Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed. – Mark Twain
He is useless on top of the ground; he ought to be under it, inspiring the cabbages. – Mark Twain

Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed. – Mark Twain
He is useless on top of the ground; he ought to be under it, inspiring the cabbages. – Mark Twain
God made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School Board. – Mark Twain
I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves — such an ethical basis I call more proper for a herd of swine. The ideals which have lighted me on my way and time after time given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. – Albert Einstein, “What I Believe,” Forum and Century, 1930