Mark Twain Answer Quotations

I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said that I didn't know.

I was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said, "I don't know.

Cast iron rules will not answer what is one man's colon is another man's comma

There is nothing you can say in answer to a compliment. I have been complimented myself a great many times, and they always embarrass me --I always feel that they have not said enough.