The gentleman is generous and treats all men as his equals, especially those whom he feels to be inferior in rank and wealth.

Pale Ebenezer thought it wrong to fight. But roaring Bill, who killed him, thought it right.

It has long been recognized by public men of all kinds. . . that statistics come under the head of lying, and that no lie is so false or inconclusive as that which is based on statistics.

The control of the production of wealth is the control of human life itself.

Matilda told such dreadful lies, It made one gasp and stretch one's eyes Her aunt, who, from her earliest youth, Had kept a strict regard for truth, Attempted to believe Matilda The effort very nearly killed her.

If you can describe clearly without a diagram the proper way of making this or that knot, then you are a master of the English language.

Child! do not throw this book about Refrain from the unholy pleasure Of cutting all the pictures out! Preserve it as your chiefest treasure.