Sir Walter Scott Quotes

“He that does good, having the unlimited power to do evil, deserves praise not only for the good which he performs, but for the evil which he forbears.”

“What remains [after death is] glory! which gilds our sepulchre and embalms our name.”

“The son who has disobeyed me is no longer mine.”

“I fear they will lose in valour what they may gain in discretion.”

“I envy thee not thy faith, which is ever in thy mouth, but never in thy heart nor in thy practice.”

″‘I have heard men talk of the blessings of freedom,’ he said to himself, ‘but I wish any wise man would teach me what use to make of it now that I have it.‘”

″‘I forgive you, Sir Knight,’ said Rowena, ‘as a Christian.’ ‘That means,’ said Wamba, ‘that she does not forgive him at all.‘”

“Certainly, women are the least to be trusted of all animals, monks and abbots excepted.”

“We shall see what good they will make by exchanging a fool for a wise man.”

″...dogs should not worry dogs where wolves and foxes are to be found in abundance.”