Silence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion.
There never will exist anything permanently noble and excellent in the character which is a stranger to resolute self-denial.
He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.
It is more difficult to look upon victory than upon battle.
Hurry no man's cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself
Jock, when ye hae naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in a tree; it will be growing, Jock, when ye 're sleeping.