"Roughing It" Quotes

The first time I ever saw a haystack, I was a good deal surprised, and interested, for I was ignorant, and thought I was looking at a picture.

I would not be a young person again for a good deal.

I was sorry to lose the mule, for I had not a friend in the country, and any kind of company was better than absolute solitude.

I think that in a week or two I could get ready to go home, if I could find somebody to take me.

I have been to a good many places, and I am thankful to say I have seen no town that did not have a public square.

The mine is a hole in the ground owned by a liar.

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.

We had been very good friends for a year, and I had never known that he was a dentist.

It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected.

There was no list of the passengers, and he refused to make out one.