Thomas Chandler Haliburton Quotes

"The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government."
- Thomas Chandler Haliburton
(Related: Government, Happiness, People, Character, Country)

"To carry care to bed is to sleep with a pack on your back."
- Thomas Chandler Haliburton
(Related: Bed, Care, Sleep)

"Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience."
- Thomas Chandler Haliburton
(Related: Authority)

"Punctuality is the soul of business."
- Thomas Chandler Haliburton
(Related: Business, Soul, Punctuality)

"Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsafe friend."
- Thomas Chandler Haliburton
(Related: Friend, Hope, Acquaintance)

"Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success."
- Thomas Chandler Haliburton
(Related: Success)

"Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence."
- Thomas Chandler Haliburton
(Related: Contentment, Indolence)

"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."
- Thomas Chandler Haliburton
(Related: Love, Mother, Envy, First, Smile, Smiles, Woman, Words)

"A college education shows a man how little other people know."
- Thomas Chandler Haliburton
(Related: Education, People, College, Man)

"When a man is wrong and won't admit it, he always gets angry."
- Thomas Chandler Haliburton
(Related: Man, Wrong)

"Nicknames stick to people, and the most ridiculous are the most adhesive."
- Thomas Chandler Haliburton
(Related: People)