“Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.”

“Every man is a moon and has a side which he turns toward nobody: you have to slip around behind it if you want to see it.”

“Everyone is like a moon , and he has a dark side which he never shows to anybody .”

“The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are in the wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are in the right.”

“I've experienced a great deal of pain and suffering in my life ...... most of which has never happened.”

“You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly. There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth. That is nothing. I never seen anybody but lied one time or another, without it was Aunt Polly, or the widow, or maybe Mary. Aunt Polly—Tom's Aunt Polly, she is—and Mary, and the Widow Douglas is all told about in that book, which is mostly a true book, with some stretchers, as I said before.”

“The gods offer no rewards for intellect. There was never one yet that showed any interest in it...”