There is nothing in the world like a persuasive speech to fuddle the m — Mark Twain

"He says every man is a moon and has a side which he turns toward nobody: you have to slip around behind if you want to see it.Google Books link"

"There. Is it good? Sir, it is pie. It will bring into camp any idiot that sits in darkness anywhere. But not if we adulterate it. It is proper to be emphatic upon that point. This brand is strictly for Export -- apparently. Apparently. Privately and confidentially, it is nothing of the kind. Privately and confidentially, it is merely an outside cover, gay and pretty and attractive, displaying the special patterns of our Civilization which we reserve for Home Consumption, while inside the bale is the Actual Thing that the Customer Sitting in Darkness buys with his blood and tears and land and liberty. That Actual Thing is, indeed, Civilization, but it is only for Export. Is there a difference between the two brands? In some of the details, yes."

"A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape."

"Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest."

"A powerful agent is the right word. Whenever we come upon one of those intensely right words in a book or a newspaper the resulting effect is physical as well as spiritual, and electrically prompt."

"Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough."