Quotes by : Sir Walter Scott

To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.

True love's the gift which God has given To man alone beneath the heaven: It is not fantasy's hot fire....

The chain of friendship however bright does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.

It is only when I dally with what I am about look back and aside instead of keeping my eyes straight....

...[E]xcept the flying fish, there was no race existing on the earth, in the air, or the waters, who....

The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help.....

Hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.

To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.

True love's the gift which God has given To man alone beneath the heaven: It is not fantasy's hot fire....

But search the land of living men Where wilt thou find their like again.