“Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation”

“I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad. I seek to preserve property and to respect order, and I equally decry the appeal to the passions of the many or the prejudices of the few.”

“What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.”

“Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember and remember more than I have seen.”

“It has been my lot to have found myself in many distant lands. I have never been in one without finding a Scotchman, and I never found a Scotchman who was not head of the poll.”

“As a rule, he or she who has the most information will have the greatest success in life.”

“An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother who speaks about her own children.”