Mark Twain Quotes on Life, Travel, Politics, Education, Truth and Love

Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.

Loyalty to country always. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.

Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.

To lodge all power in one party and keep it there is to insure bad government.

To get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.

Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others.

It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

Don't let schooling interfere with your education.

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness.

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

Prosperity is the best protector of principle.

The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work.

The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.

It is easier to stay out than get out.

In statesmanship get the formalities right, never mind about the moralities.

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.

In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.