come he slow or come he fast it is but death that comes at last
I was born a Scotsman and a bare one. Therefore I was born to fight my way in the world.
I will tear this folly from my heart, though every fibre bleed as I rend it away!
I did not myself set a high estimation on wealth, and had the affectation of most young men of lively imagination, who suppose that they can better dispense with the possession of money, than resign their time and faculties to the labour necessary to acquire it.
Dear to me is my bonnie white steed; Oft has he helped me at pinch of need.
Mankind — the race would perish did they cease to aid each other.