Painters and poets have liberty to lie.

Oh would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us!

My heart 's in the Highlands, my heart is not here; My heart 's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer.

Now's the day and now's the hour.

Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.

The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.

The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy.

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, it's bloom is shed; Or, like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white, then melts forever.

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.

Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.

The ‘gods’ that do us the greatest harm are the gods we deny having.

I know what it is to feel unloved, to want revenge, to make mistakes, to suffer disappointment, yet also to find the courage to go forward in life.

The Devil craps on the big pile

You hear in the person you're destined to love the sound of those yet to be born.

It’s amazing how a bed feels more like a home than any other part of a house.

Over his own dark Cealdish beard. "Nothing like your marvelous facebear.

Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.

Crowds respond to anthemic choruses.