Occupation: Poet Birth: January 25, 1759 Death: July 21, 1796
Yon rosebuds in the morning-dew, how pure amang the leaves sae green!.
Humid seal of soft affections, Tend'rest pledge of future bliss, Dearest tie of young connections, Love's first snow-drop, virgin kiss..
My heart is sair-I dare na tell, My heart is sair for Somebody..
A man's a man for a' that. . . . . A prince can mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that; But an honest man's aboon his might, Guid faith he….
Good Lord, what is man! for as simple he looks, Do but try to develop his books and his crooks, With his depths and his shallows, his good and his ev….
Some rhyme a neebor's name to lash; Some rhyme (vain thought!) for needfu' cash; Some rhyme to court the countra clash, An' raise a din; For me, ….
Gin a body meet a body Coming thro' the rye, Gin a body kiss a body— Need a body cry?.
I want someone to laugh with me, someone to be grave with me, someone to please me and help my discrimination with his or her own remark, and at time….
It 's guid to be merry and wise, It 's guid to be honest and true, It 's guid to support Caledonia's cause, And bide by the buff and the blue..
If there 's a hole in a' your coats, I rede ye tent it; A chiel 's amang ye takin' notes, And, faith, he 'll prent it..
Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie, O, what a panic's in thy breastie!.
Painters and poets have liberty to lie..
Some books are lies frae end to end..
Prudent, cautious self-control is wisdom's root..
God knows, I'm no the thing I should be, Nor am I even the thing I could be..
Pharmaceutical projects are like fresh fruit - they depreciate if they are not tended to, and they do poorly if sitting on the shelf with long period….