I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.

I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.

Mark Twain

Some people get an education without going to college. The rest get it after they get out.

Some people get an education without going to college. The rest get it after they get out.

A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the banjo and doesn't.

A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the banjo and doesn't.

Those who do not read have no advantage over those who cannot read.

Those who do not read have no advantage over those who cannot read.

We have the best government that money can buy.

We have the best government that money can buy.

Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.

Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.

If we would learn what the human race really is at bottom, we need only observe it in election times.

If we would learn what the human race really is at bottom, we need only observe it in election times.

Good judgement is the result of experience and experience the result of bad judgement.

Good judgement is the result of experience and experience the result of bad judgement.

God created war so that Americans would learn geography.

God created war so that Americans would learn geography.

Don't dream your life, but live your dream

Don't dream your life, but live your dream

Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.

Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.

Great things can happen when you don't care who gets the credit.

Great things can happen when you don't care who gets the credit.

Temper is what gets most of us into trouble. Pride is what keeps us there.

Temper is what gets most of us into trouble. Pride is what keeps us there.

To be satisfied with what one has; that is wealth.

To be satisfied with what one has; that is wealth.

If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.

If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do day after tomorrow just as well.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do day after tomorrow just as well.

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

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