What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? the taxidermist takes only your skin. — Mark Twain
What, sir, would the people of the earth be without woman? they would be scarce, sir, almighty scarce. — Mark Twain
Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain’t so. — Mark Twain
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; truth isn’t. — Mark Twain
There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one – keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy. — Mark Twain
The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop. — Mark Twain
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. — Mark Twain
The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little. — Mark Twain
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them. — Mark Twain
The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner. — Mark Twain
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug. — Mark Twain
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. — Mark Twain