Suspense is worst than disappointment..

Auld Nature swears the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O; Her 'prentice han' she tried on man, And then she made the lasses, O!.

It is cruelty to be humane to rebels, and humanity is cruelty..

There's some are fou o' love divine; There's some are fou o' brandy..

As Tammie glow'red, amazed and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious..

Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!.

Oh, stay, sweet warbling woodlark, stay, Nor quit for me the trembling spray, A hapless lover courts thy lay, Thy soothing, fond complaining..

[Scottish songs] are, I own, frequently wild, & unreduceable to the more modern rules; but on that very eccentricity, perhaps, depends a great part o….

Hope springs exulting on triumphant wing..

To step aside is human..

Suspense is worse than disappointment..

On Earth, Discord! A gloomy Heaven above, opening her jealous gates to the nineteen thousandth part of the tithe of mankind! And below, an inescapabl….

To make three guineas do the work of five..

Burns' Hog-Weighing Method: (1) Get a perfectly symmetrical plank and balance it across a sawhorse. (2) Put the hog on one end of the plank. (3) Pile….

To see her is to love her, And love but her forever; For nature made her what she is, And never made anither!.

The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy..

Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire..

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing..

Now's the day and now's the hour..

The best plans of men and mice often go awry..

Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure Thrill the deepest notes of woe..