Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.

- Mark Twain

A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.

- Mark Twain

The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in Heaven.

- Mark Twain

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

- Mark Twain

Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.

- Mark Twain

My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.

- Mark Twain

Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.

- Mark Twain

Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.

- Mark Twain

Man was made at the end of the week's work, when God was tired.

- Mark Twain

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

- Mark Twain