It is at our mothers' knees that we acquire our noblest, truest, and loftiest ideals, but rarely any money in them - Mark Twain

< p>Morality is an acquisition - like music, like foreign languages, like piety poker and paralysis - no one is born with morality - Mark Twain

The Pain and Misfortune of Reputation: Slander in Prosperity When the target of attack fails, it becomes the object of contempt and pity - Mark Twain