Stephen Leacock

Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so.

A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better.

Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more durable the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it.

It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy.

Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect.

Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl.

Advertising: the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.

Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica.

I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required.