American writer, humorist and essayist
If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.
In 'Huckleberry Finn,' I have drawn Tom Blankenship exactly as he was. He was ignorant, unwashed, insufficiently fed; but he had as good a heart as ever any boy had.
Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody.
Buy land, they're not making it anymore.
Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year.
Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid.
Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.