The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy.

I'm truly sorry man's dominion has broken Nature's social union.

Ye Hypocrites, are these your pranks To murder men and gie God thanks Desist for shame, proceed no further God won't accept your thanks for murder.

Ah, gentle dames! it gars me greet To think how monie counsels sweet, How monie lengthened sage advices, The husband frae the wife despises.

All-cheering Plenty, with her flowing horn, Led yellow Autumn, wreath'd with nodding corn.

Prudent, cautious self-control is wisdom's root.

A eunuch is a man who has had his work cut out for him.