Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.
Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.
Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.
In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.
India has 2,000,000 gods and worships them all. In religion, all other countries are paupers; India is the only millionaire.
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
Martyrdom covers a multitude of sins.
There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all.
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.
Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very'; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.
Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run.
My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.
Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.
Loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.
Let us not be too particular; it is better to have old secondhand diamonds than none at all.
The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.
The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter - 'tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.
