I have learned one thing, my friend 'one can get nearly everything with money. It is the hidden machinery which makes the world of success go round. With brains, you say? Yes, money and brains, but without the money brains seldom win alone.
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No Defense by Gilbert Parker
Wit is always at the elbow of want.
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No Defense by Gilbert Parker
That which is loved may pass, but love hath no end.
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Parables Of A Province by Gilbert Parker
"Nothing is so unproductive as the law. It is expensive whether you win or lose."
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The Money Master by Gilbert Parker
He was of those who hypnotize themselves, who glow with self-creation, who flower and bloom without pollen.
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The Money Master by Gilbert Parker
"Tomorrow is no man's gift."
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The Weavers by Gilbert Parker
"There's no credit in not doing what you don't want to do. There's no virtue in not falling, when you're not tempted."
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The Weavers by Gilbert Parker
In all secrets there is a kind of guilt, however beautiful or joyful they may be, or for what good end they may be set to serve. Secrecy means evasion, and evasion means a problem to the moral mind.
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The Right of Way by Gilbert Parker
"I am only myself when I am drunk. Liquor makes me human. At other times I'm merely Charley Steele!"
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The Right of Way by Gilbert Parker
When a child is born the mother also is born again.
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Parables Of A Province by Gilbert Parker