Maxioms by Sir Walter Scott
Contentious fierce,
Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause.
Contentious fierce,
Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause.
Within that awful volume lies
The mystery of mysteries!
Happiest they of human race,
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Within that awful volume lies
The mystery of mysteries!
Happiest they of human race,
To whom God has granted grace
To read, to fear, to hope, to pray,
To lift the latch, and force the way:
And better had they ne'er been born,
Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.
Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.
He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.
He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
