"I have only one moral precept; never..." - Quote by Mark Twain

“If you don't know how to pronounce a word, say it loudly. Do not compound mispronunciation with inaudibility”

“Sagebrush is a very fair fuel, but as a vegetable it is a distinguished failure. Nothing can abide the taste of it but the jackass and his illegitimate child the mule.”

“Happiness ain't a thing in itself -it's only a contrast with something that ain't pleasant. And so, as soon as the novelty is over and the force of the contrast dulled, it ain't happiness any longer, and you have to get something fresh.”

“What is easy to do is also easy not to do.”

“See what will happen if you don't stop biting your fingernails”

“A man may have no bad habits and have worse”

“I'm measuring my actions against that inner voice that for me at least is audible, is active, it tells me where I think I'm on track and where I think I'm off track.”

“Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.”

“Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.”