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steffie -> RE: Famous quotes worth living by (6/5/2008 11:03:56 PM)
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Mark Twain is one of the kings of witty quotes...
Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.
What would men be without women? Scarce, sir, mighty scarce.
Don't let schooling interfere with your education.
In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
Familiarity breeds contempt - and children.
The more things are forbidden, the more popular they become.
I have made it a rule never to smoke more that one cigar at a time.
I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
All generalizations are false, including this one.
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.
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
Man - a creature made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.
My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
When in doubt tell the truth.
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