My foot is on my native heath, and my name is MacGregor.

In prosperous times I have sometimes felt my fancy and powers of language flag, but adversity is to me at least a tonic and bracer.

Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.

Covetousness bursts the sack and spills the grain.

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

Women are but the toys which amuse our lighter hours---ambition is the serious business of life.

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