A Scotchman must be a very sturdy moralist who does not love Scotland better than truth.

No man can enjoy happiness without thinking that he enjoys it.

Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil.

Every man's affairs, however little, are important to himself.

I respect Millar, sir: he has raised the price of literature.

Life is but short; no time can be afforded but for the indulgence of real sorry, or contests upon questions seriously momentous. Let us not throw away any of our days upon useless resentment, or contend who shall hold out longest in stubborn malignity. It is best not to be angry; and best, in the next place, to be quickly reconciled.

It is very strange, and very melancholy, that the paucity of human pleasures should persuade us ever to call hunting one of them.