The standard of morals is as variable as morals themselves; of which every nation has a different code, and every custom a different reading.

I think clever people think that poor people are stupid.

Reason is always weak where prejudice is strong.

Our passions may be compared to certain slaves--the more severity we show them, the better they obey us.

The man that does not fear punishment, little regards crime.

My dad had this thing - everyone in Canada wants to play hockey; that's all they want to do. So when I was a kid, whenever we skated my dad would not let us on the ice without hockey sticks, because of this insane fear we would become figure skaters!

In math, you could get 100 percent. It was very fair. That's what I liked about math. You could figure it out, and the teacher couldn't have a stupid opinion about it.