“Be respectful to your superiors, if you have any.”
"Advice to Youth", speech to The Saturday Morning Club, Boston, 15 April 1882. Mark Twain Speaking (1976), ed. Paul Fatout, p. 169 http://books.google.com/books?id=mkFgXWvUkVoC&pg=PA169 <br class="br">Variant: Be respectful to your superiors, if you have any. <br class="br">Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain
Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar, Ch. LIX
Following the Equator (1897)
Mark Twain book Following the Equator
Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar, Ch. VIII
Following the Equator (1897)
“The less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it”
Mark Twain book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Source: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain book Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Source: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
“Adam, at Eve's grave: Wheresoever she was, THERE was Eden.”
Eve's Diary
Source: The Diary of Adam and Eve
“It usually takes me two or three days to prepare an impromptu speech.”
Variant: It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
Mark Twain book Following the Equator
Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar, Ch. XLVIII
Following the Equator (1897)
Variant: To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.
Variant: April 1. This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four.
Source: Pudd'nhead Wilson and Other Tales
