SKETCHES NEW AND OLD, by Mark Twain [MT#50][mtsno10.txt]3189 A wood-fire is not a permanent thing Accessory before the fact to his own murder Aggregate to positive unhappiness Always brought in ‘not guilty’ Apocryphal was no slouch of a word, emanating from the source Assertion is not proof Early to bed and early to rise I … Read more
TWAIN’S LETTERS V1 1835-1866 by A. B. Paine[MT#54][mt1lt10.txt]3193 A mighty national menace to sham All talk and no cider Condition my room is always in when you are not around Deprived of the soothing consolation of swearing Frankness is a jewel; only the young can afford it Genius defies the laws of perspective Hope deferred … Read more
TWAIN’S LETTERS V6 1907-1910 by A. B. Paine[MT#59][mt6lt10.txt]3198 That doctor had half an idea that there is something the matter with my brain. . . Doctors do know so little and they do charge so much for it. You ought not to say sarcastic things about my “fighting on the other side.” General Grant did … Read more