I speak French with timidity, and not flowingly—except when excited. When using that language I have often noticed that I have hardly ever been mistaken for a Frenchman, except, perhaps, by horses; never, I believe, by people. (Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835-1910), U.S. author. (1881). "Dinner Speech in Montreal," p. 779, Mark Twain: Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches, & Essays, 1852-1890, http://www.poemhunter.com/quotations/famous.asp?people=Mark+Twain+[Samuel+Langhorne+Clemens]&p=5