Nicknames stick to people, and the most ridiculous are the most adhesive. - Thomas Chandler Haliburton

We can do without any article of luxury we have never had; but when once obtained, it is not in human natur’ to surrender it voluntarily.

Circumstances alter cases.

It seems to me, all created critters look down on each other. The British and French look down on the s, and colonists look down upon s and Indians, while we look down upon them all. It's the way of the world, I do suppose; but the road ain't a pleasant one.