"it is not wise to keep the..." - Quote by Mark Twain

“An open mind leaves a chance for someone to drop a worthwhile thought in it.”

“I am not an economist. I am an honest man!”

“Good judgment comes from experience. And where does experience come from? Experience comes from bad judgment.”

“I know them, yea,And what they weigh, even to the utmost scruple;Scambling, out-facing, fashion-mong'ring boys,That lie, and cog, and flout, deprave, and slander,Go antickly, and show outward hideousness,And speak off half a dozen dangerous words,How they might hurt their enemies, if they durst;And this is all.”

“No soul of high estate can take pleasure in slander. It betrays a weakness.”

“That thou art blamed shall not be thy defect,For slander's mark was ever yet the fair;The ornament of beauty is suspect,A crow that flies in heaven's sweetest air.”

“She had gained a reputation for beauty, and (which is often another thing) was beautiful.”

“A man who gets the reputation of rising at dawn can sleep to noon.”

“No sane man objects to palpable lies about him; what he objects to is damaging facts.”