A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation.

Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and shew'd how fields were won.

You will always find that those are most apt to boast of national merit, who have little or not merit of their own to depend on . . .

Ridicule has even been the most powerful enemy of enthusiasm, and properly the only antagonist that can be opposed to it with success.

Wit generally succeeds more from being happily addressed than from its native poignancy. A jest, calculated to spread at a gaming-table, may be received with, perfect indifference should it happen to drop in a mackerel-boat.

Tenderness is a virtue.

With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive.