In the name of God!" said Gurth, "how came they prisoners? and to whom?" "Our master was too ready to fight," said the Jester, "and Athelstane was not ready enough, and no other person was ready at all.

Still are the thoughts to memory dear.

Those who are too idle to read, save for the purpose of amusement, may in these works acquire some acquaintance with history, which, however inaccurate, is better than none.

I like a highland friend who will stand by me not only when I am in the right, but when I am a little in the wrong.

Cats are a very mysterious kind of folk. There is always more passing in their minds than we are aware of.

Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.

He that would soothe sorrow must not argue on the vanity of the most deceitful hopes.