Bill Cosgrove's message came across Base64 encoded for some reason. Here's the conversion back to readable text: Twain Forum Members, Please check out Twain's "70th Birthday Speech" for the smoking quotation as well as a number of other bits of advice for how to be 70 years old. Bill Cosgrove Professor Emeritus of English North Dakota State University 6104 Tracy Ave. So. Edina, MN 55436 952-929-1393 [log in to unmask] On 8/19/12 10:21 AM, "Ellen Komp" > wrote: I've seen the quote "Everything in moderation, including moderation" attributed to Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde and Horace Porter...did Twain say it? I've also seen this one attributed to Twain: As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake. Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/moderation.html#IpcwxLOwP3HIC6Zj.99Ellen Komp Continually Curious On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 10:52 PM, Cosgrove, William <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > > VHdhaW4gRm9ydW0gTWVtYmVycywNCg0KUGxlYXNlIGNoZWNrIG91dCBUd2FpbidzICI3MHRoIEJp > > cnRoZGF5IFNwZWVjaCIgZm9yIHRoZSBzbW9raW5nIHF1b3RhdGlvbiBhcyB3ZWxsIGFzIGEgbnVt > > YmVyIG9mIG90aGVyIGJpdHMgb2YgYWR2aWNlIGZvciBob3cgdG8gYmUgNzAgeWVhcnMgb2xkLg0K > > DQpCaWxsIENvc2dyb3ZlDQpQcm9mZXNzb3IgRW1lcml0dXMgb2YgRW5nbGlzaA0KTm9ydGggRGFr > > b3RhIFN0YXRlIFVuaXZlcnNpdHkNCjYxMDQgVHJhY3kgQXZlLiBTby4NCkVkaW5hLCBNTiA1NTQz > > Ng0KOTUyLTkyOS0xMzkzDQpiaWxsLmNvc2dyb3ZlQG5kc3UuZWR1DQoNCg0KT24gOC8xOS8xMiAx > > MDoyMSBBTSwgIkVsbGVuIEtvbXAiIDxla29tcDVAR01BSUwuQ09NPG1haWx0bzpla29tcDVAR01B > > SUwuQ09NPj4gd3JvdGU6DQoNCkkndmUgc2VlbiB0aGUgcXVvdGUgIkV2ZXJ5dGhpbmcgaW4gbW9k > > ZXJhdGlvbiwgaW5jbHVkaW5nIG1vZGVyYXRpb24iDQphdHRyaWJ1dGVkIHRvIE1hcmsgVHdhaW4s > > IE9zY2FyIFdpbGRlIGFuZCBIb3JhY2UgUG9ydGVyLi4uZGlkIFR3YWluDQpzYXkgaXQ/DQoNCkkn > > dmUgYWxzbyBzZWVuIHRoaXMgb25lIGF0dHJpYnV0ZWQgdG8gVHdhaW46DQoNCkFzIGFuIGV4YW1w > > bGUgdG8gb3RoZXJzLCBhbmQgbm90IHRoYXQgSSBjYXJlIGZvciBtb2RlcmF0aW9uIG15c2VsZiwg > > aXQNCmhhcyBhbHdheXMgYmVlbiBteSBydWxlIG5ldmVyIHRvIHNtb2tlIHdoZW4gYXNsZWVwLCBh > > bmQgbmV2ZXIgdG8NCnJlZnJhaW4gZnJvbSBzbW9raW5nIHdoZW4gYXdha2UuDQpSZWFkIG1vcmUg > > YXQgaHR0cDovL3d3dy5icmFpbnlxdW90ZS5jb20vcXVvdGVzL2tleXdvcmRzL21vZGVyYXRpb24u > > aHRtbCNJcGN3eExPd1AzSElDNlpqLjk5DQoNCkVsbGVuIEtvbXANCkNvbnRpbnVhbGx5IEN1cmlv > dXMNCg0KDQo= >