"One of my theories is that the..." - Quote by Mark Twain

“Labor in loneliness is irksome.”

“Every inventor is a crackpot until his idea succeeds.”

“Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live.”

“Man, at his best, remains a sort of one-lunged animal, never completely rounded and perfect, as a cockroach, say, is perfect.”

“What would men be without women? Scarce, sir...mighty scarce.”

“If horses knew their strength we should not ride anymore.”

“The many factors which divide us are actually much more superficial than those we share. Despite all of the things that differentiate us - race, language, religion, gender, wealth and so on - we are all equal concerning our fundamental humanity.”

“I... [proposed] three distinct grades of education, reaching all classes. 1. Elementary schools for all children generally, rich and poor. 2. Colleges for a middle degree of instruction, calculated for the common purposes of life and such as should be desirable for all who were in easy circumstances. And 3d. an ultimate grade for teaching the sciences generally and in their highest degree... The expenses of [the elementary] schools should be borne by the inhabitants of the county, every one in proportion to his general tax-rate. This would throw on wealth the education of the poor.”

“At the top of the mountain we are all snow leopards.”