He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.

As all error is meanness, it is incumbent on every man who consults his own dignity, to retract it as soon as he discovers it.

Norway, too, has noble prospects; and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects. But, Sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England!

We may have many acquaintances, but we can have but few friends; this made Aristotle say that he that hath many friends hath none.

He who aspires to be a serious wine drinker must drink claret.

A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected.

Pity is not natural to man. Children always are cruel. Savages are always cruel.