Ridiculous modes, invented by ignorance, and adopted by folly..

One wit, like a knuckle of ham in soup, gives a zest and flavour to the dish, but more than one serves only to spoil the pottage..

I think for my part one half of the nation is mad - and the other not very sound..

And hearts resolved and hands prepared The blessings they enjoy to guard..

I find that the old Roman baths of this quarter, were found covered by an old burying ground, belonging to the Abbey; through which, in all probabili….

On Leven's banks, while free to rove, And tune the rural pipe to love, I envied not the happiest swain That ever trod the Arcadian plain. Pure stream….

Thy spirit, Independence, let me share! Lord of the lion-heart and eagle-eye thy steps I follow with my bosom bare, nor heed the storm that howls alo….

False as the fowler's artful snare..

Opposition is the very spur of love..

Nature and wisdom are not, but should be, companions..

The capital is become an overgrown monster; which, like a dropsical head, will in time leave the body and extremities without nourishment and support..

To the valiant actions speak alone..

There is not room to swing a cat..

A mere index hunter, who held the eel of science by the tail. Index-hunter is a term used mockingly, meaning one who acquires superficial knowledge m….

Glory is the child of peril..

The bread I eat in London, is a deleterious paste, mixed up with chalk, alum, and bone ashes: insipid to the taste, and destructive to the constituti….

Writing is all a lottery -- I have been a loser by the works of the greatest men of the age..

Deep in the frozen regions of the north, A goddess violated brought thee forth, Immortal Liberty!.

The Highlanders regale themselves with whisky. They find it an excellent preservation against the winter cold. It is given with great success to the ….

Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall..

The great Cham of literature. (Samuel Johnson).