James Hogg

“Without the shepherd's dog, the whole of the open mountainous land in Scotland would not be worth a sixpence.”

“A man who is not a fool can be a hero at any time.”

“It is the part of a man of sense to be satisfied with the station in which God has placed him.”

“But I, like a fool, found it my interest to give up my judgement to his, and my conscience to the keeping of my spiritual guide.”

“Good-night, and joy be wi' you a'.”

“Bird of the wilderness, blithesome and cumberless, sweet be thy matin o'er moorland and lea!”

“O, love, love, love! Love is like a dizziness; It winna let a poor body gang about his business!”

“With my mysterious comrade, I felt myself somehow allied to beings of a superior order.”

“We are all subjected to two distinct and opposite powers, which we may call the good and the evil principles.”

“A man's private devotions are his own property.”

“There is no meeting in the world so sweet as that of a lover and his mistress, and no parting so bitter.”

“What is the life of a man more than the life of a lamb, or any guiltless animal?”

“I like to have a fling at wholesome orthodox paradox.”

“Kilmeny looked up with a lovely grace, But nae smile was seen on Kilmeny's face.”