Stirling, like a huge brooch, clasps Highlands and Lowlands together.

Books are a finer world within the world. (1863)

The dead keep their secrets, and in a while we shall be as wise as they - and as taciturn.

In life there is nothing more unexpected and surprising than the arrivals and departures of pleasure. If we find it in one place today, it is vain to seek it there tomorrow. You can not lay a trap for it.

Eternity doth wear upon her face the veil of time. They only see the veil, and thus they know not what they stand so near!

The great man is the man who does a thing for the first time.

A thought may be very commendable as a thought, but I value it chiefly as a window through which I can obtain insight on the thinker.