Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges
WALTER SCOTTMany of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges
WALTER SCOTTCats are a mysterious kind of folk.
WALTER SCOTTTo the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.
WALTER SCOTTDiscretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.
WALTER SCOTTThe paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.
WALTER SCOTTA glass of good wine is a gracious creature, and reconciles poor mortality to itself and that is what few things can do.
WALTER SCOTTOne crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.
WALTER SCOTTI was born a Scotsman and a bare one. Therefore I was born to fight my way in the world.
WALTER SCOTTCrystal and hearts would lose all their merit in the world if it were not for their fragility.
WALTER SCOTTA good deal of philanthropy arises in general from mere vanity and love of distinction gilded over to others and to themselves with some show of benevolent sentiment.
WALTER SCOTTSilence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion.
WALTER SCOTTThe man who is deserving the name is the one whose thoughts and exertions are for others rather than for himself.
WALTER SCOTTIs death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
WALTER SCOTTReal valor consists not in being insensible to danger; but in being prompt to confront and disarm it.
WALTER SCOTTHeaven know its time; the bullet has its billet.
WALTER SCOTTThen hush thee, my darling, take rest while you may, For strife comes with manhood, and waking with day.
WALTER SCOTT