Scotland: That garret of the earth - that knuckle-end of England - that land of Calvin, oatcakes, and sulfur.

Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.

Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It was not reasoned into him, and cannot be reasoned out.

Manners are the shadows of virtues; the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love, and respect.

No man can ever end with being superior who will not begin with being inferior.

In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style.

Poverty is no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient.