Sir Walter Scott

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.

There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.

There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.

Oh, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive! - Marmion.

Oh, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive! - Marmion.

In listening mood she seemed to stand,
The guardian Naiad of the strand.

In listening mood she seemed to stand,
The guardian Naiad of the strand.

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.