The paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.
WALTER SCOTTThe paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.
WALTER SCOTTOf all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
WALTER SCOTTHeaven know its time; the bullet has its billet.
WALTER SCOTTGood Night, Goodnight, Dream.
WALTER SCOTTThe man who is deserving the name is the one whose thoughts and exertions are for others rather than for himself.
WALTER SCOTTTo the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.
WALTER SCOTTThen hush thee, my darling, take rest while you may, For strife comes with manhood, and waking with day.
WALTER SCOTTThe will to do, the soul to dare.
WALTER SCOTTWhat a strange scene if the surge of conversation could suddenly ebb like the tide, and show us the real state of people’s minds.
WALTER SCOTTAnd better had they ne’er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
WALTER SCOTTWe build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.
WALTER SCOTTRecollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit.
WALTER SCOTTRevenge, the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell.
WALTER SCOTTTreason seldom dwells with courage.
WALTER SCOTTThe happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
WALTER SCOTTHe that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.
WALTER SCOTT