Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect. – Stephen Leacock
I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so. – Stephen Leacock
A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better. – Stephen Leacock
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. – Stephen Leacock