“MORAL: If it were not for the presents, an elopement would be preferable.”
The Fable of the General Manager of the Love Affair Who Demanded a Furlough http://books.google.com/books?id=2_ssAAAAYAAJ&q=%22MORAL+If+it+were+not+for+the+presents+an+elopement+would+be+preferable%22&pg=PA218#v=onepage, Forty Modern Fables (1901)
“MORAL: When Wealth walks in at the Door, the Press Agent comes in through the Window.”
The Through Train http://books.google.com/books?id=YVMhAAAAMAAJ&q=%22MORAL+When+Wealth+walks+in+at+the+Door+the+Press+Agent+comes+in+through+the+Window%22&pg=PA133#v=onepage, Knocking the Neighbors (1912)
“Moral: In uplifting, get underneath.”
The Fable of the Good Fairy with the Lorgnette, and why She Got it Good