Now that the economy is starting to stay on a positive track, I thought it might be the time for some Mark Twain humor. The interesting thing about Twain is how fitting his thoughts are today, even though they were spoken or written by him more than a century ago.
• Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
• The holy passion of friendship is so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring in nature that it will lasts through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.
• The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
• Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of 80 and gradually approach 18.
• No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.
• The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.
• When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one I was astonished at how much he had learned in only seven years.
• There has been so much tragedy in my life; at least half of it actually happened.
• Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
• God's great cosmic joke on the human race was requiring that men and women live together in marriage.
His thoughts and comments are timeless. The value of reprinting them in this column is to make us think about what I think is one of the most effective functions of the body: the smile. Here are a few reflections on that.
• Smile it increases your face value.
• A smile is a language that even a baby understands.
• To receive a smile give one away.
• There are so many languages in the world, and a smile speaks all of them.
• Smile…even if it's just to annoy someone.
• Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
• The holy passion of friendship is so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring in nature that it will lasts through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.
• The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
• Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of 80 and gradually approach 18.
• No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.
• The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.
• When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one I was astonished at how much he had learned in only seven years.
• There has been so much tragedy in my life; at least half of it actually happened.
• Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
• God's great cosmic joke on the human race was requiring that men and women live together in marriage.
His thoughts and comments are timeless. The value of reprinting them in this column is to make us think about what I think is one of the most effective functions of the body: the smile. Here are a few reflections on that.
• Smile it increases your face value.
• A smile is a language that even a baby understands.
• To receive a smile give one away.
• There are so many languages in the world, and a smile speaks all of them.
• Smile…even if it's just to annoy someone.