91 Quotes by Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Life ain't all beer and skittles.

Avarice fills its purse at the expense of its belly.

One of the old philosophers says that it is the part of wisdom to sometimes seem a fool; but in our day there are too many ready-made ones to render this a desirable policy.

Favoritism manifests itself in all departments of government, public and private. It is the harder to avoid, because it is so natural.

Coerced innocence is like an imprisoned lark,--open the door, and it is off forever. The bird that roams through the sky and the groves unrestrained knows how to dodge the hawk and protect itself; but the caged one, the moment it leaves its bars and bolts behind, is pounced upon by the fowler or the vulture.

A coxcomb is four-fifths affectation and one-fifth vanity.

Fastidiousness is the envelope of indelicacy.

Fun has no limits. It is like the human race and face; there is a family likeness among all the species, but they all differ.

Nature's bank-dividends.