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.

Finesse is the best adaptation of means to circumstances.

What a singular destiny has been that of this remarkable man!-To be regarded in his own age as a classic, and in ours as a companion! To receive from his contemporaries that full homage which men of genius have in general received only from posterity; to be more intimately known to posterity than other men are known to their contemporaries!

It is the age that forms the man, not the man that forms the age.

Scotland by no means escaped the fate ordained for every country which is connected, but not incorporated, with another country of greater resources.

In truth it may be laid down as an almost universal rule that good poets are bad critics.

Everybody's business is nobody's business.