Maxioms by Sir Walter Scott
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!
Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!
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.
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
