The Lord said 'let there be wheat' and Saskatchewan was born

As for politics, well, it all seemed reasonable enough. When the Conservatives got in anywhere, [Judge] Pepperleigh laughed and enjoyed it, simply because it does one good to see a straight, fine, honest fight where the best man wins. When a Liberal got in, it made him mad, and he said so,-not, mind you; from any political bias, for his office forbid it,-but simply because one can't bear to see the country go absolutely to the devil.

In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies.

He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions.

Each section of the British Isles has its own way of laughing, except Wales, which doesn't.

I owe a lot to my teachers and mean to pay them back some day.

Anybody who has listened to certain kinds of music, or read certain kinds of poetry, or heard certain kinds of performances on the concertina, will admit that even suicide has its brighter aspects.