Hockey captures the essence of Canadian experience in the New World. In a land so inescapably and inhospitably cold, hockey is the chance of life, and an affirmation that despite the deathly chill of winter we are alive.

A silk dress in four sections, and shoes with high heels that would have broken the heart of John Calvin.

Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it.

A sportsman is a man who, every now and then, simply has to get out and kill something.

In point of morals, the average woman is, even for business, too crooked.

Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect.

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.