"A few fly bites cannot stop a..." - Quote by Mark Twain

“What work I have done I have done because it has been play. If it had been work I shouldn't have done it.”

“I felt so lonesome I most wished I was dead. The stars were shining, and the leaves rustled in the woods ever so mournful; and I heard an owl, away off, who-whooing about somebody that was dead, and a whippowill and a dog crying about somebody that was going to die.”

“To be a patriot, one had to say, and keep on saying, "Our Country, right or wrong," and urge on the little war. Have you not perceived that that phrase is an insult to the nation?”

“The diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit.”

“If you truly want to succeed, be prepared to go the extra mile.”

“But you have to have hope. You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.”

“Not all that have fallen are vanquished.”

“So while our art cannot, as we wish it could, save us from wars, privation, envy, greed, old age, or death, it can revitalize us amidst it all.”

“Your attitude towards problems, difficulties, and adversities is the most important factor in overcoming them.”