Adversity is, to me at least, a tonic and a bracer.
More Quotes from Sir Scott:
Chivalry---why, maiden, she is the nurse of pure and high affection---the stay of the oppressed, the redresser of grievances, the curb of the power of the tyrant ---Nobility were but an empty name without her, and liberty finds the best protection in her lance and her sword.Sir Scott
And the brute crowd, whose envious zeal Huzzas each turn of fortune's wheel, And loudest shouts when lowest lie Exalted worth and station high
Sir Scott
Death - the last sleep No, it is the final awakening
Sir Scott
Heap on more wood the wind is chill But let it whistle as it will, We'll keep our Christmas merry still.
Sir Scott
Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger but in being prompt to confront and disarm it.
Sir Scott
The consequences of our crimes long survive their commission, and, like the ghosts of the murdered, forever haunt the steps of the malefactor
Sir Scott
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