He turn'd his charger as he spake, Upon the river shore, He gave his bridle reins a shake, Said, "Adieu for evermore, my love, And adieu for evermore."
To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.
Mankind — the race would perish did they cease to aid each other.
It was woman that taught me cruelty, and on woman therefore I have exercised it.
Jock, when ye hae naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in a tree; it will be growing, Jock, when ye 're sleeping.
The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.