What would a man be - what would any man be - without his clothes? As soon as one stops and thinks about that proposition, one realizes that without his clothes a man would be nothing at all; that the clothes do not merely make the man, the clothes are the man; that without them he is a cipher, a vacancy, a nobody, a nothing.
- Mark Twain

What would men be without women? Scarce, sir, mighty scarce.
- Mark Twain

Whatever you say, say it with conviction.
- Mark Twain

When a man is known to have no settled convictions of his own he can't convict other people.
- Mark Twain

When a man's dog turns against him it is time for a wife to pack her trunk and go home to mama.
- Mark Twain

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.
- Mark Twain

When angry count four, when very angry, swear!
- Mark Twain

When I am king, they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books, for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved.
- Mark Twain

When I reflect upon the number of disagreeable people who I know who have gone to a better world, I am moved to lead a different life.
- Mark Twain

When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the things that never happened. It is sad to go to pieces like this but we all have to do it.
- Mark Twain