Sir Walter Scott Quotes

"You may bribe a soldier to slay a man with his sword, or a witness to take life by false accusation; but you cannot make a hound tear his benefactor." ~ The Talisman by Sir Walter Scott "Recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit." ~ The Talisman by Sir Walter Scott That of all the propensities which teach mankind to torment themselves, that of causeless fear is the most irritating, busy, painful, and pitiable. ~ Rob Roy by Sir Walter Scott But with the morning cool repentance came. ~ Rob Roy by Sir Walter Scott Just at the age 'twixt boy and youth,
When thought is speech, and speech is truth. ~ Marmion by Sir Walter Scott Oh, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practice to deceive! ~ Marmion by Sir Walter Scott Heap on more wood!--the wind is chill;
But let it whistle as it will,
We'll keep our Christmas merry still. ~ Marmion by Sir Walter Scott And come he slow, or come he fast,
It is but Death who comes at last. ~ Marmion by Sir Walter Scott "Women are but the toys which amuse our lighter hours---ambition is the serious business of life." ~ Ivanhoe by Sir Walter 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." ~ Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott