"The man who is a pessimist before..." - Quote by Mark Twain

“There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure.”

“I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.”

“The less a man knows the bigger the noise he makes and the higher the salary he commands.”

“I lingered most about the fireplace, as the most vital part of the house.”

“This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.”

“In youth, we clothe ourselves with rainbows, with hope & love, & go as brave as the zodiack. In age we put out another sort of perspiration; gout, fever, rheumatism, caprice, doubt, fretting, and avarice.”

“Sometimes you gwyne to git hurt, en sometimes you gwyne to git sick; but every time you's gwyne to git well agin.”

“If I may trust the flattering truth of sleep,My dreams presage some joyful news at hand.My bosom's lord sits lightly in his throne,And all this day an unaccustomed spiritLifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts.”

“Always remember to smile and look up at what you got in life.”