He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.
Walter ScottThe paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.
Walter ScottThe time which passes over our heads so imperceptibly makes the same gradual change in habits, manners and character, as in personal appearance. At the revolution of every five years we find ourselves another and yet the same;--there is a change of views, and no less of the light in which we regard them; a change of motives as well as of action.
Walter Scott