Walter Scott

Greatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.

Walter Scott

It is by giving fair names to foul actions that those who would start at real vice are led to practise its lessons, under the disguise of virtue.

Walter Scott

Oh, poverty parts good company.

Walter Scott

One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.

Walter Scott

Success – keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep.

Walter Scott

The will to do, the soul to dare.

Walter Scott

The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.

Walter Scott

A good deal of philanthropy arises in general from mere vanity and love of distinction gilded over to others and to themselves with some show of benevolent sentiment.

Walter Scott

A mother’s pride, a father’s joy.

Walter Scott

A ruin should always be protected but never repaired – thus may we witness full the lingering legacies of the past.

Walter Scott