All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
WALTER SCOTTAll men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
WALTER SCOTTAs long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
WALTER SCOTTCredit is like a looking-glass, which when once sullied by a breath, may be wiped clear again; but if once cracked can never be repaired.
WALTER SCOTTHe that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.
WALTER SCOTTSleep in peace, and wake in joy.
WALTER SCOTTBlessed be his name, who hath appointed the quiet night to follow the busy day, and the calm sleep to refresh the wearied limbs and to compose the troubled spirit.
WALTER SCOTTWhen true friends meet in adverse hour; ‘Tis like a sunbeam through a shower. A watery way an instant seen, The darkly closing clouds between.
WALTER SCOTTOne crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.
WALTER SCOTTI will tear this folly from my heart, though every fibre bleed as I rend it away!
WALTER SCOTTCats are a very mysterious kind of folk. There is always more passing in their minds than we are aware of.
WALTER SCOTTWe are like the herb which flourisheth most when it is most trampled on.
WALTER SCOTTWe build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.
WALTER SCOTTThe half hour between waking and rising has all my life proved propitious to any task which was exercising my invention… It was always when I first opened my eyes that the desired ideas thronged upon me.
WALTER SCOTTCome he slow or come he fast it is but death that comes at last.
WALTER SCOTTOne or two of these scoundrel statesmen should be shot once a-year, just to keep the others on their good behavior.
WALTER SCOTTBreathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land.
WALTER SCOTT