Walter Scott

Time will rust the sharpest sword, Time will consume the strongest cord; That which molders hemp and steel, Mortal arm and nerve must feel.

Walter Scott

To all the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life, Is worth an age without a name.

Walter Scott

To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.

Walter Scott

To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and incentive of virtue.

Walter Scott

To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.

Walter Scott

Twas Christmas broach’d the mightiest ale; ‘Twas Christmas told the merriest tale; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poorest man’s heart thru half the year.

Walter Scott

Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn.

Walter Scott

War is the only game in which both sides lose.

Walter Scott

When a man has not a good reason for doing a thing, he has one good reason for letting it alone.

Walter Scott

When thinking about companions gone, we feel ourselves doubly alone.

Walter Scott