"The less there is to justify a..." - Quote by Mark Twain

“It is better to be a young June-bug than an old bird of paradise.”

“No real estate is permanently valuable but the grave.”

“My father was an amazing man. The older I got, the smarter he got.”

“Where does the family start? It starts with a young man falling in love with a girl - no superior alternative has yet been found.”

“Men grind and grind in the mill of a truism, and nothing comes out but what was put in. But the moment they desert the tradition for a spontaneous thought, then poetry, wit, hope, virtue, learning, anecdote, and all flock to their aid.”

“Comparatively, tattooing is not the hideous custom which it is called. It is not barbarous merely because the printing is skin-deep and unalterable.”

“The security of Society lies in custom and unconscious instinct, and the basis of the stability of Society, as a healthy organism, is the complete absence of any intelligence amongst its members.”

“New customs, Though they be never so ridiculous (Nay, let em be unmanly), yet are followed.”

“I believe it is customary in good society to take some slight refreshment at five o'clock.”