He said: "In this business it isn't a question of what is true and what isn't; it's a question of what you can get people to believe.

Now, between you and me, it don't look like a last year's machine; so far as looks are concerned, it might be a ten-year old.

We'll say nothing about date; we'll just get what we can." I left the matter to him, and he got me five pounds, which he said was more than he had expected.
There are two ways you can get exercise out of a bicycle: you can "overhaul" it, or you can ride it.

On the whole, I am not sure that a man who takes his pleasure overhauling does not have the best of the bargain.

He is independent of the weather and the wind; the state of the roads troubles him not.