"A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain". Mark Twain
Mark Twain was the pen name for Samuel Langhorne Clemens November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910, an American author and humorist. Twain is noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), which has been called "the Great American Novel", and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876). He is extensively quoted. Twain was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty.
Mark Twain was very popular, and his keen wit and incisive satire earned praise from critics and peers. Upon his death he was lauded as the "greatest American humorist of his age", and William Faulkner called Twain "the father of American literature".
By the way on this past 21 of April were completed one hundred years of his death.
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