The misery of keeping a dog is his dying so soon. But, to be sure, if he lived for fifty years and then died, what would become of me?

Sleep in peace, and wake in joy.

Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.

I like a highland friend who will stand by me not only when I am in the right, but when I am a little in the wrong.

For Love will still be lord of all.

If you keep a thing seven years, you are sure to find a use for it.

The pith of conversation does not consist in exhibiting your own superior knowledge on matters of small consequence, but in enlarging, improving and correcting the information you possess by the authority of others.