Thomas Chandler Haliburton

A woman, a dog, and a walnut tree, The more you lick ’em the better they be.

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.

We reckon hours and minutes to be dollars and cents.

Punctuality [...] is the soul of business.

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

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 …

Circumstances alter cases.

I want you to see Peel, Stanley, Graham, Sheil, Russell, Macaulay, Old Joe, and soon. They are all upper-crust here.

Always judge your fellow passengers to be the opposite of what they strive to appear to be.