O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad read more

O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us.
And foolish notion;
What airs in dress and gait wad lea'e us,
And ev'n devotion!

Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.

Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.

Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.

Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.

Nae man can tether time nor tide.

Nae man can tether time nor tide.

So many men in Court and so many strangers.

So many men in Court and so many strangers.

An undertaking beset with danger.

An undertaking beset with danger.

He who spares the wicked injures the good.

He who spares the wicked injures the good.

Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
[Lat., Fiat justitia, ruat coelum.]

Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
[Lat., Fiat justitia, ruat coelum.]

Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.

Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.