There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist. – Mark Twain
We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter. – Mark Twain
Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured. – Mark Twain
In certain trying circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity furnishes a relief denied even to prayer. – Mark Twain