It used to take me all vacation to grow a new hide in place of the one they flogged off me during school term. – Mark Twain
Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time. – Mark Twain
A man can seldom — very, very, seldom — fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too heavy. – Mark Twain
We have not all had the good fortune to be ladies. We have not all been generals, or poets, or statesmen; but when the toast works down to the babies, we stand on common ground. – Mark Twain