The heart that is generous and kind most resembles God.

O, wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, An' foolish notion.

A women can make an average man great, and a great man average.

Suspense is worse than disappointment.

For thus the royal mandate ran, When first the human race began, "The social, friendly honest man, Whate'er he be, Tis he fulfils great Nature's plan, And none but he!"

Misled by fancy's meteor ray, By passion driven; But yet the light that led astray Was light from heaven.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.