How wretched is the person who hangs on by the favors of the powerful.

Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman; Though they may gang a kennin' wrang, To step aside is human.

An atheist's laugh 's a poor exchange For Deity offended!

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

God help the teacher, if a man of sensibility and genius, when a booby father presents him with his booby son, and insists on lighting up the rays of science in a fellow's head whose skull is impervious and inaccessible by any other way than a positive fracture with a cudgel.

Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it, But we hae meat and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thankit.

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