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."

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

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

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

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

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