US "novelist, journalist, river pilot".
"The "Great American humorist" was also known as "The People's Author" and creator of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn."
George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie."
It is not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that make horseraces.
"Indecency, vulgarity, obscenity -- these are strictly confined to man; he invented them. Among the higher animals there is no trace of them. They hide nothing. They are not ashamed."
It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
Always do right; this will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
