He was as shy as a newspaper is when referring to its own merits

The plan of the newspaper is good and wise; when you can't get a compliment any other way, pay yourself one

It is human to exaggerate the merits of the dead.

And by the way, my dear,' he said, 'you might just mention to Mrs. Sutton that if she must read the morning paper before I come down, I should be obliged if she would fold it neatly afterwards.'

'What an old fuss-box you are, darling,' said his wife.

Mr. Mummery sighed. He could not explain that it was somehow important that the morning paper should come to him fresh and prim, like a virgin.
Women did not feel these things. ("Suspicion")

By the etiquette of war, it is permitted to none below the rank of newspaper correspondent to dictate to the general in the field

I am not the editor of a newspaper and shall always try to do right and be good so that God will not make me one