Sir Walter Scott Quotes (4 Quotes)

. . . that of all the propensities which teach mankind to torment themselves, that of causeless fear is the most irritating, busy, painful, and pitiable.

But with the morning cool repentance came.

Credit is like a looking-glass, which when once sullied by a breath, may be wiped clear again but if once cracked can never be repaired.

Pride and jealousy there was in his eye, for his life had been spent in asserting rights which were constantly liable to invasion and the prompt, fiery, and resolute disposition of the man, had been kept constantly upon the alert by the circumstances of his situation.