Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is the lightning that does the work. – Mark Twain
Where a blood relation sobs, an intimate friend should choke up, a distant acquaintance should sigh, a stranger should merely fumble sympathetically with his handkerchief. – Mark Twain
It’s spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you’ve got it, you want — oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so! – Mark Twain
It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress. – Mark Twain