It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
Mark Twain

Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
Mark Twain

It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.
Mark Twain

A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.
Mark Twain

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.
Mark Twain

It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.
Mark Twain

Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
Mark Twain

It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected.
Mark Twain

Better a broken promise than none at all.
Mark Twain

It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
Mark Twain

Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense.
Mark Twain

To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.
Mark Twain

Let us not be too particular; it is better to have old secondhand diamonds than none at all.
Mark Twain

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
Abraham Lincoln

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
Abraham Lincoln

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.
Abraham Lincoln

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
Abraham Lincoln

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
Abraham Lincoln

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
Abraham Lincoln

Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this.
Abraham Lincoln