The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.

And learn the luxury of doing good.

You, that are going to be married, think things can never be done too fast: but we that are old, and know what we are about, must elope methodically, madam.

A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.

The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.

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

Want of prudence is too frequently the want of virtue.