Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. — Mark Twain
Don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. — 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
Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of the man. The biography of the man himself cannot be written. — Mark Twain
A man’s character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation. — Mark Twain
A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape. — Mark Twain
Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do, and play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do. — Mark Twain