I was warned to stop smoking, which I did, for two or three days, but it was too lonesome, and I have resumed — in a modified way — 4 smokes a day instead of 40. This will have a good effect. On the bank balance. – Mark Twain
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them. – Mark Twain
He is useless on top of the ground; he ought to be under it, inspiring the cabbages. – Mark Twain
When people do not respect us we are sharply offended yet in his private heart no man much respects himself. – Mark Twain
The Germans are the most philosophic people in the world, and the greatest smokers: now I trace their philosophy to their smoking. Smoking has a sedative effect upon the nerves, and enables a man to bear the sorrows of this life (of which every one has his share) not only decently, but dignifiedly. – George Borrow