If you can sweat and swear and praise and punish . . Things are seldom what they seem. Skim milk masquerades as cream. Choicest steak is chiefly bone, And a peach is largely stone. In all things there is deceit.
Sugar now is scarcely sweet.
Take canned juice . . . That is, one-third from the top. For they're glass, half of the time. For a buck, get any amount. . . . Time was when the mail was fast.