[I can] scarcely write upon mathematics or mathematicians. Oh for words to express my abomination of the science.

I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.

Then none was for a party; Than all were for the state; Then the great man helped the poor, And the poor man loved the great: Then lands were fairly portioned; Then spoils were fairly sold: The Romans were like brothers In the brave days of old.

The chief-justice was rich, quiet, and infamous.

Perhaps no person can be a poet, or can even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind.

I don't mind your thinking slowly; I mind your publishing faster than you think.

In perseverance, in self command, in forethought, in all virtues which conduce to success in life, the Scots have never been surpassed.