List of quotes from Sir Walter Scott
"A good deal of philanthropy arises in general from mere vanity and love of distinction gilded over to others and to themselves with some show of benevolent sentiment."
by Sir Walter Scott
"Those who follow the banners of reason are like the well-disciplined battalions which, wearing a more sober uniform and making a less dazzling show than the light troops commanded by imagination, enjoy more safety, and even more honor, in the conflicts of human life."
by Sir Walter Scott
"Teach self-denial and make its practice pleasure, and you can create for the world a destiny more sublime that ever issued from the brain of the wildest dreamer."
by Sir Walter Scott
"Too much rest is rust."
by Sir Walter Scott The Betrothed
"And come he slow, or come he fast, It is but death who comes at last."
by Sir Walter Scott
"To all, to each, a fair good night, And pleasing dreams, and slumbers light."
by Sir Walter Scott