Sir Walter Scott, (1771 - 1832) Quotes

The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.

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.

O, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.

Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.

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.

Credit is like a looking glass, which when once sullied by a breath, may be wiped clear again, but if once cracked can never be repaired.

The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help.ll therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow men; and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt.

Oh what a wicked web we weave when first we practice to deceive.

With a smile on her lips and a tear in her eye.

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