What if in Scotland's wilds we viel'd our head, Where tempests whistle round the sordid bed; Where the rug's two-fold use we might display, By night ….

Where wealth and freedom reign contentment fails, And honour sinks where commerce long prevails..

Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same..

A night-cap deck'd his brows instead of bay,- A cap by night, a stocking all the day..

And learn the luxury of doing good..

As for disappointing them I should not so much mind; but I can't abide to disappoint myself..

The little mind who loves itself, will wr'te and think with the vulgar; but the great mind will be bravely eccentric, and scorn the beaten road, from….

Mortifications are often more painful than real calamities..

Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view..

The malicious sneer is improperly called laughter..

By every remove I only drag a greater length of chain..

Blest that abode, where want and pain repair, And every stranger finds a ready chair..

To make a fine gentleman, several trades are required, but chiefly a barber..

Life at the greatest and best is but a froward child, that must be humored and coaxed a little till it falls asleep, and then all the care is over..

But me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care; Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting go….

Near yonder copse, where once the garden smil'd, And still where many a garden flower grows wild, There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, ….

The dog, to gain some private ends, Went mad, and bit the man..

Hope, like the gleaming taper's light, Adorns and cheers our way; And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray..

People seek within a short span of life to satisfy a thousand desires, each of which is insatiable..

Both wit and understanding are trifles without integrity; it is that which gives value to every character. The ignorant peasant, without fault, is gr….

Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry..