Maxioms by Sir Walter Scott
Contentions fierce,
Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause.
Contentions fierce,
Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause.
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
Consider an enemy may become a friend.
Consider an enemy may become a friend.
Necessity--thou best of peacemakers,
As well as surest prompter of invention.
Necessity--thou best of peacemakers,
As well as surest prompter of invention.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
