Pudd'n Head Wilson

I picked up a copy of Mark Twain's: "Puddn' Head Wilson" the other day and have been refreshed by the sarcastic and ironic humor that this late 19th century author wrote. Here are a few quotes. To think an author of the 1890s could be so entertaining....

"When I reflect upon the number of disagreeable people who I know have gone to a better world, I am moved to lead a different life."

"Adam was but human- this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake; he wanted it only because it was forbidden. The mistake was in not forbidding the serpent; then he would have eaten the serpent."

"The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money."

"All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"- a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live."

"When angry, count four; when very angry, swear."

"Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits."

"Behold the fool saith, "Put not al thine eggs in the one basket" - which is but a manner of saying, "Scatter your money and your attention"; but the wise man saith, "Put all your eggs in the one basket - WATCH THAT BASKET."

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

"It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse-races."

"It is often the case that the man who can't tell a lie thinks he is the best judge of one."