There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice. – Mark Twain
It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them. – Mark Twain
Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered — either by themselves or by others. – Mark Twain
A man can seldom — very, very, seldom — fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too heavy. – Mark Twain
From one casual of mine he picked this sentence. After dinner, the men moved into the living room. I explained to the professor that this was Rosss way of giving the men time to push back their chairs and stand up. There must, as we know, be a comma after every move, made by men, on this earth. – James Thurber