“so much of a gentleman that even his faux pas were well-bred.”

G.K. Chesterton, The Club of Queer Trades (re the fictional "Lord Beaumont of Foxwood")

 “Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry."

Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson

"Ours is a rich and wonderful world, and there are stories everywhere. Nobody should ever try to second-guess history; the facts are fantastic enough."

Louis L’Amour, Education of a Wandering Man

"No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it."

Theodore Roosevelt (when he was New York City Police Commissioner)

In my latest National Post column I say Canadian politicians, and many voters, are dangerously out of touch with basic economic realities.

"‘It must be inconvenient to be made of flesh,’ said the Scarecrow, thoughtfully, ‘for you must sleep, and eat and drink. However, you have brains, and it is worth a lot of bother to be able to think properly.’”

L. Frank Baum, The Wizard of Oz