The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England.

The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.

Sir, sorrow is inherent in humanity. As you cannot judge two and two to be either five, or three, but certainly four, so, when comparing a worse present state with a better which is past, you cannot but feel sorrow. It is not cured by reason, but by the incursion of present objects, which bear out the past.

The uncertainty of death is, in effect, the great support of the whole system of life.

No man hates him at whom he can laugh.

I also admit, that there are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits which are not good till they are rotten.

Life will not bear refinement. You must do as other people do.