Thomas Chandler Haliburton

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

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

Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.

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

Over-confidence is as evil as undue anxiety.

Money is a necessity so is dirt.

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

Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsafe friend.

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

Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.

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

Ceremony is all backbone.

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.

Fact is stranger than fiction.

Wishes, like castles in the air, are inexpensive and not taxable.

Mothers can get weaned as well as babies.

Punctuality is the sole of business.

Punctuality is the soul of business.

Self possession is the backbone of authority.