Meet success like a gentleman; disaster like a man.

There are no limits to the majestic future which lies before the mighty expanse of Canada with its virile, aspiring, cultured, and generous-hearted people.

You create your own universe as you go along.

The privilege of a university education is a great one; the more widely it is extended the better for any country.

Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.

I'd rather spend half an hour in the company of a top carpenter, than three hours in the company of an average brain surgeon

The main vice of capitalism is the uneven distribution of prosperity. The main vice of socialism is the even distribution of misery.