Mark Twain — "I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."

"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 yo…"

"It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them."

"Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to."

"I was born with a reading habit, and it's a good thing, because it's the only habit I've ever had that hasn't cost me money."

"The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up."