Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorn Clemens)
I haven't a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming petty vices whatsoever.
Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest.
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is really a large matter — it's the difference between a lightning bug and the lightning.
These facts are all on the credit side of the proposition that the Jew is a good and orderly citizen. Summed up, they certify that he is quiet, peaceable, industrious, unaddicted to high crimes and brutal dispositions; that his family life is commendable; that he is not a burden upon public charities; that he is not a beggar; that in benevolence he is above the reach of competition. These are the very quintessentials of good citizenship.
Never let your schooling interfere with your education.