“The great Creator to revereMust sure become the creature;But still the preaching cant forbear,And ev'n the rigid feature:Yet ne'er with wits profane to rangeBe complaisance extended;An atheist laugh's a poor exchangeFor deity offended.”

“Let them cant about decorum, who have characters to lose! ”

“Had we never lov'd sae kindly,Had we never lov'd sae blindly,Never met -- or never parted --we had ne'er been broken-hearted”

“But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever.Had we never lou'd sae kindly,Had we never lou'd sae blindly,Never met - or never parted - We had ne'er been broken hearted”

“There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.”

“Then gently scan your brotherman,still gentler sister woman, though they may ganga kennin wrang, to step aside is human”

“The best-laid schemes o' mice an' menGang aft agley,An' lea'e us naught but grief an' painFor promised joy!Still thou art blest, compared wi' me!The present only toucheth thee:”