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
evil anxiety over-confidence
Over-confidence is as evil as undue anxiety.
perfect people genius
Some people have a perfect genius for doing nothing, and doing it assiduously.
inevitable taxes
Death and taxes are inevitable.
mother baby wells
Mothers can get weaned as well as babies.
backbone ceremony
Ceremony is all backbone.
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.
people fool relation
People have no right to make fools of themselves, unless they have no relations to blush for them.
faults sometimes sin
Women will sometimes confess their sins, but I never knew one to confess her faults.
beer skittles
Life ain't all beer and skittles.
purses belly expenses
Avarice fills its purse at the expense of its belly.
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.
vanity four fifth
A coxcomb is four-fifths affectation and one-fifth vanity.