Scotland: That garret of the earth - that knuckle-end of England - that land of Calvin, oatcakes, and sulfur.
The two women exchanged the type of glance women use when there is no knife handy.
What two ideas are more inseparable than beer and Britannia?
Avoid shame, but do not seek glory; nothing so expensive as glory.
A man who wishes to make his way in life could do no better than go through the world with a boiling tea-kettle in his hand.
Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It was not reasoned into him, and cannot be reasoned out.