Sir Walter Scott ( 10 of 55 )
Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.
Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
Consider an enemy may become a friend.
Consider an enemy may become a friend.
He who profits by a crime, commits it.
He who profits by a crime, commits it.
It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own
impetuosity.
It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own
impetuosity.
Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has
received one, proclaim it.
Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has
received one, proclaim it.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into read more
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into sin!
