“The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England!”

“Oats. A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.”

“A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good.”

“Since every man is obliged to promote happiness and virtue, he should be careful not to mislead unwary minds, by appearing to set too high a value upon things by which no real excellence is conferred.”

“Prosperity is too apt to prevent us from examining our conduct; but adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.”

“Such, said Nekayah, is the state of life, none are happy but by the anticipation of change. The change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish it to change again. The world is not yet exhausted. Let me see something tomorrow which I never saw before.”

“No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.”