All Quotes by Thomas Chandler Haliburton
“When a man is wrong and won't admit it, he always gets angry.”
“I want you to see Peel, Stanley, Graham, Sheil, Russell, Macaulay, Old Joe, and soon. They are all upper-crust here.”
“We reckon hours and minutes to be dollars and cents.”
“The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.”
“We can do without any article of luxury we have never had; but when once obtained, it is not in human natur’ to surrender it voluntarily.”
“It seems to me, all created critters look down on each other. The British and French look down on the s, and colonists look down upon s and Indians, while we look down upon them all. It's the way of the world, I do suppose; but the road ain't a pleasant one.”
“Nicknames stick to people, and the most ridiculous are the most adhesive.”
“Punctuality [...] is the soul of business.”
“The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.”
“The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.”
“Punctuality is the soul of business.”