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

Now's the day and now's the hour.

God knows, I'm no the thing I should be, Nor am I even the thing I could be.

Great for good, or great for evil.

Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

The best laid plans take 40 years to complete.