I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning.

I have sometimes almost wished it had been my destiny to be born two or three centuries hence.

Life is a kind of Chess, with struggle, competition, good and ill events.

Did not strong connections draw me elsewhere, I believe Scotland would be the country I would choose to end my days in.

The honest Man takes Pains, and then enjoys Pleasures; the knave takes Pleasure, and then suffers Pains.

Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.

It was said of him that he did not say much, but that when he did everyone stopped to listen.