“It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree but smiles.”
“Who gets to be best-liked in any community? Who is the most trusted? Why, the man who does the dirty job, of course, and does it with a smile. The man who does the job you couldn't bring yourself to do.”
“Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.”
“it does not often happen that the interference of friends will persuade a young man of independent fortune to think no more of a girl.”
“Humph,' he said, with a disagreeable air, 'the universe does its work very quietly.' (“The Bogey Man”)”
“It is impossible to improve the world if first the man does not improve”