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
soul punctuality
Punctuality is the soul of business.
beautiful memories heart
The memory of past favors is like a rainbow, bright, vivid, and beautiful; but it soon fades away. The in memory of injuries is engraved on the heart, and remains forever.
names people adhesive
Nicknames stick to people, and the most ridiculous are the most adhesive.
sleep bed care
To carry care to bed is to sleep with a pack on your back
kissing long joy
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.
gossip rumor half
If it were not for a goodly supply of rumors, half true and half false, what would the gossips do?
ignorance men knowing
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.
anger men words-of-anger
When a man is wrong and won't admit is, he always gets angry.
fool philosopher sometimes
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.
purses belly expenses
Avarice fills its purse at the expense of its belly.
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.