91 Quotes by Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Hurry is only admissible in catching flies.

Impossible desires are the height of unreason.

A man is never astonished that he doesn't know what another does, but he is surprised at the gross ignorance of the other in not knowing what he does.

Give me a chance, says Stupid, and I will show you. Ten to one he has had his chance already, and neglected it.

There is the kiss of welcome and of parting, the long, lingering, loving, present one; the stolen, or the mutual one; the kiss of love, of joy, and of sorrow; the seal of promise and receipt of fulfillment.

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

There is music wherever there is harmony, order, or proportion.

Punctuality is the sole of business.

The suspicious parent makes an artful child.