Sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England.
Source: Quoted in: James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson, 6 July 1763 (1791).
-- Samuel Johnson, (Sep 18 1709-1784), English lexicographer, critic; He was remembered for writing the first critique of Shakespeare, 1765 and Dictionary of the English Language, 1755.