“Do I know you? I know you clear through. I was born and raised in the South, and I’ve lived in the North; so I know the average all around. The average man’s a coward.”

Samuel Clemens was an American writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best known for his satirical novels *The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn* and *The Adventures of Tom Sawyer*, which blend humor with sharp social commentary. His wit and keen observations on human nature remain widely influential.