Mark Twain1835–1910- Pudd’nhead Wilson (1894), Ch. 10.
There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
- Following the Equator (1897), Ch. 59.
You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1889), Ch. 43It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
It is noble to be good; it is still nobler to teach others to be good—and less trouble.
We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove.
- The Lost Napoleon
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), Ch. 2, p. 32In context
- Letter to George Bainton, 15 October 1888, solicited for and printed in George Bainton, The Art of Authorship: Literary Reminiscences, Methods of Work, and Advice to Young Beginners (1890), pp. 87–88.
