The proper proportions of a maxim: a minimum of sound to a maximum of sense. – Mark Twain
Love seems the swiftest but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century. – Mark Twain
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you dont mind, it doesnt matter. – Mark Twain
But further, in order to embellish it with flowers of language and gems of thought, it is not necessary for this ornamentation to be spread evenly over the entire speech, but it must be so distributed that there may be brilliant jewels placed at various points as a sort of decoration. – Cicero, De oratore