Selected quotes by Mark Twain on life

-The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

-Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

-Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

-Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.

-Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.

-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.

-Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.

-If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

-It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

-The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.

-Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.

-Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.

-Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.

-The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.

-A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.

-A man’s character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.

-Never try to teach a pig to sing. You waste your time, and annoy the pig.

-A good marriage is the union of two forgivers.