Maxioms by Sir Walter Scott
But with the morning cool repentance came.
But with the morning cool repentance came.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled
with noble risks, is worth whole years read more
One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled
with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry
decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters
through a marsh, without either honour or observation.
