Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.

Come, let me know what it is that makes a Scotch man happy!

Was ever poet so trusted before?

He that floats lazily down the stream, in pursuit of something borne along by the same current, will find himself indeed moved forward; but unless he lays his hand to the oar, and increases his speed by his own labour, must be always at the same distance from that which he is following.

There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern.

Lectures were once useful; but now when all can read, and books are so numerous, lectures are unnecessary.

Surely, it is much easier to respect a man who has always had respect, than to respect a man who we know was last year no better than ourselves, and will be no better next year.