"There was things that he stretched, but he mainly told the truth." -- Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) "All kings is mostly rapscallions." -- Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) "It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practise either of them." -- Mark Twain, Following the Equator (1897) "Familiarity breeds contempt -- and children." -- Mark Twain, Notebooks (1935) "The report of my death was an exaggeration." (Usually misquoted as: "Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.") -- Mark Twain in: New York Journal, 2nd June 1897 "Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." -- Mark Twain (attributed) "A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain." -- Mark Twain "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” -- Mark Twain

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