Maxioms by Sir Walter Scott
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
Woe to the youth whom Fancy gains,
Winning from Reason's hand the reins,
Pity and woe! for read more
Woe to the youth whom Fancy gains,
Winning from Reason's hand the reins,
Pity and woe! for such a mind
Is soft contemplative, and kind.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
But with the morning cool repentance came.
But with the morning cool repentance came.
