He had only one vanity; he thought he could give advice better than any other person.
~ Mark Twain

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Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.
~ Mark Twain

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Guides cannot master the subtleties of the American joke.
~ Mark Twain

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Often, the surest way to convey misinformation is to tell the strict truth.
~ Mark Twain

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Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over.
~ Mark Twain

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Honesty is the best policy — when there is money in it.
~ Mark Twain

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Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered — either by themselves or by others. But for the Civil War, Lincoln and Grant and Sherman and Sheridan would not have been discovered, nor have risen into notice.
~ Mark Twain

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We are always anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess.
~ Mark Twain

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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.
~ Mark Twain

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Loyalty to petrified opinions never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul in this world — and never will.
~ Mark Twain

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