It is more difficult to look upon victory than upon battle.

Dear to me is my bonnie white steed; Oft has he helped me at pinch of need.

Those who follow the banners oreason are like the well-disciplined battalions which, wearing a more sober uniform and making a less dazzling show than the light troops commanded by imagination, enjoy more safety, and even more honor, in the conflicts ohuman life.

Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries!

If a faultless poem could be produced, I am satisfied it would tire the critics themselves; and annoy the whole reading world with the spleen.

I was born a Scotsman and a bare one. Therefore I was born to fight my way in the world.

When thinking about companions gone, we feel ourselves doubly alone.