Walter Scott

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we read more

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.

Look back, and smile on perils past.

Look back, and smile on perils past.

Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native read more

Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land!

Credit is like a looking-glass, which when once sullied by a breath, may be wiped clear again; but if once read more

Credit is like a looking-glass, which when once sullied by a breath, may be wiped clear again; but if once cracked can never be repaired.

Death--the last sleep? No, it is the final awakening.

Death--the last sleep? No, it is the final awakening.