A college education shows a man how little other people know.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton

A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother's love.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsafe friend.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Nicknames stick to people, and the most ridiculous are the most adhesive.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton

No one is rich whose expenditures exceed his means, and no one is poor whose incomings exceed his outgoings.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Punctuality is the soul of business.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton

The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton

To carry care to bed is to sleep with a pack on your back.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton

When a man is wrong and won't admit it, he always gets angry.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton