Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.

The fear o' hell's a hangman's whip To haud the wretch in order; But where ye feel your honour grip, Let that aye be your border.

Learn taciturnity and let that be your motto!

Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot and days of auld lang syne? For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne, we'll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne.

Their sighing, canting, grace-proud faces, their three-mile prayers, and half-mile graces.

Mankind is a science that defies definitions.

The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.