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