It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.
Sir Walter Scott
Faces that have charmed us the most escape us the soonest.
Sir Walter Scott
Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.
Sir Walter Scott
He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.
Sir Walter Scott
A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.
Sir Walter Scott
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.