| An author values a compliment even when it comes from a source of doubtful competency. | Mark Twain |
| My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine. Everybody drinks water. | Mark Twain |
| The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. | Mark Twain |
| The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all. | Mark Twain |
| The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them. | Mark Twain |
| The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. | Mark Twain |