Norway, too, has noble wild prospects; and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects. But, Sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England!

Great abilities are not requisite for an Historian; for in historical composition, all the greatest powers of the human mind are quiescent. He has facts ready …

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good.

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

It took me years to figure out that you don't fall into a tub of butter, you jump for it.

I'm in a weird band. We've done very well. The American Dream is alive and well.