Newspapermen learn to call a murderer 'an alleged murderer' and the King of England 'the alleged King of England' to avoid libel suits.
england
I detest life-insurance agents they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so.
age
Lord Ronald said nothing he flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions.
Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.
advertising
Advertising: the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.
advertising intelligence money science
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
christmas
It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy
economics politics
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.
electricity
Life, we learn too late, is in the living, the tissue of every day and hour
tso-life
Many a man in love with a dimple makes a mistake of marrying the whole girl
tso-love
Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect
mankind men
A sportsman is a man who every now and then, simply has to get out and kill something
play
the attempt to make the consumption of beer criminal is as silly and as futile as if you passed a law to send a man to jail for eating cucumber salad
prohibition
Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica.
writing
In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies.
thetimes time