idiom

"They have more fun at a Glasgow funeral than they have at an Edinburgh wedding."

most important philosopher ever to write in English

"And though a philosopher may live remote from business, the genius of philosophy, if carefully cultivated by several, must gradually diffuse itself throughout the whole society, and bestow a similar correctness on every art and calling."
- David Hume [1711-76], An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, paragraph 9, 1748.