Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Thomas Chandler Haliburtonwas a Nova Scotian politician, judge, and author. Politically, he played a significant role in the history of Nova Scotia prior to its entry into Confederation. Literarily, he was the first international best-selling author from what is now Canada...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth17 December 1796
CountryCanada
hands hats expenses
If you have a thrust to make at your friend's expense, do it gracefully, it is all the more effective. Some one says the reproach that is delivered with hat in hand is the most telling.
heart mind charity
A woman who wants a charitable heart wants a pure mind.
government favoritism natural
Favoritism manifests itself in all departments of government, public and private. It is the harder to avoid, because it is so natural.
doors sky bird
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.
desire height impossible
Impossible desires are the height of unreason.
haste catching
Hurry is only admissible in catching flies.
harvest dividends
Nature's bank-dividends.
elements dresses manners
As soon as a woman begins to dress "loud," her manners and conversation partake of the same element.
vanity half sticks
Vanity is not half a bad principle, if it will but stick to legitimate business.
stubborn mules jackasses
Mules and human jackasses are proverbially stubborn.
beer skittles
Life ain't all beer and skittles.
money dirt
Money is a necessity; so is dirt.
heart brain looks
Look not to a woman's head for her brains, but rather to her heart.
faults sometimes sin
Women will sometimes confess their sins, but I never knew one to confess her faults.