"It is better to be a young..." - Quote by Mark Twain

“Golden rule: Made of hard metal so it could stand severe wear, it not being known at that time that butter would answer.”

“Tea is an affront to lunch and an insult to dinner.”

“Geological time is not money.”

“I think a number of the leaders are, whether you like it or not, in the hip-hop generation. And when they understand enough, they'll do wonders. I count on them.”

“Remember that the progress of the world depends on your knowing better than your elders.”

“I want every young man who sees me to know that I'm not that different from them. I wasn't born into wealth. I wasn't born into fame. I made a lot of mistakes - but I kept at it.”

“A nap, my friend, is a brief period of sleep which overtakes superannuated persons when they endeavor to entertain unwelcome visitors or to listen to scientific lectures.”

“Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age, and to imagine right up to the brink of death that life is only beginning. I think that is the only way to keep adding to one's talent, and one's inner happiness.”

“All diseases run into one, old age.”