Letters to my Daughter
Eleven letters of fatherly advice to be read when she is age 18. By Leslie J. Swabacker. 3rd printing, 1927.
“Do not lie unnecessarily. A lie is a wonderful thing for avoiding trouble but the trouble with lies are that one generally necessitates another and then they breed faster than flies. I think it was Swift who said a lie was too good a thing to waste!
Put yourself on, say, an allowance of ten lies a week and try to stay within this number. Use five of these to avoid giving unnecessary pain and the other five at your own discretion.”