The half hour between waking and rising has all my life proved propitious to any task which was exercising my invention... It was always when I first opened my eyes that the desired ideas thronged upon me.
Walter ScottIf a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors.
Walter ScottTo be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and incentive of virtue.
Walter Scott