Epitaph for his daughter, Olivia Susan Clemens (1896), this is actually a slight adaptation of the poem "Annette" by Robert Richardson; more details are available at "The Poem on Susy Clemens' Headstone" http://www.twainquotes.com/headstone.html
Misattributed
Mirkka Rekola. " Stanzas," translated in: Eamonn Wall (2008), A Tour of Your Country. p. 12
The Phantom, song (1836); reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 201.
“It was one of the warm nights at the end of summer that makes promises that won't be kept.”
Source: The Wizard Heir
Pat Sajak, Twitter 4:38 AM - 20 May 2014; Cited in: Anthony Watts. " Quotes of the Week: ‘Light bulb moment’ for CNN chief – Pat Sajak goes nuclear http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/05/20/quote-of-the-week-light-bulb-moment-for-cnn-chief/." at wattsupwiththat.com, May 20, 2014.
2010s
“To all, to each, a fair good-night,
And pleasing dreams, and slumbers light!”
L'Envoy.
Marmion (1808)
“The time for work is while the sun's light shines,
but every living thing finds peace at night.”
Tempo è da travagliar mentre il sol dura;
Ma nella notte ogni animale ha pace.
Canto VI, stanza 52 (tr. Wickert)
Gerusalemme Liberata (1581)
“It was a perfect summer night. So good, it was true.”
Source: Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel (1995), Ch. 48
“Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
Source: In Country Sleep, and Other Poems
“Dear, as the light that visits these sad eyes;
Dear, as the ruddy drops that warm my heart.”
I. 3. lines 39-40
The Bard (1757)
