"Truth is such a precious article -..." - Quote by Mark Twain

“Many of the cemeteries are beautiful, and are kept in perfect order. When one goes from the levee or the business streets [of New Orleans] to it, to a cemetery, he observes to himself that if those people down there would live as neatly while they are alive as they do after they are dead, they would find many advantages in it; and besides, their quarter would be the wonder and admiration of the business world.”

“Patriotism is usually the refuge of the scoundrel. He is the man who talks the loudest.”

“Man can seldom - very, very, seldom - fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too heavy.”

“I have said to you to speak the truth is a painful thing. To be forced to tell lies is much worse.”

“If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.”

“A labyrinthine man never seeks the truth, but only his Ariadne.”

“If the reason for climbing Mt. Everest is that it's hard to do, why does everyone go up the easy side?”

“How well he's read, to reason against reading!”

“I'm sorry, if you were right, I'd agree with you.”