When 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 SCOTTNovember’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.
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Revenge, the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell.
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I like a highland friend who will stand by me not only when I am in the right, but when I am a little in the wrong.
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The paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.
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The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.
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The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.
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To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.
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We are like the herb which flourisheth most when it is most trampled on.
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A sinful heart makes feeble hand.
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Those who are too idle to read, save for the purpose of amusement, may in these works acquire some acquaintance with history, which, however inaccurate, is better than none.
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Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.
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It is only when I dally with what I am about, look back and aside, instead of keeping my eyes straight forward, that I feel these cold sinkings of the heart.
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Welcome as the flowers in May.
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Sleep in peace, and wake in joy.
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If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.
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Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
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