A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.

Quote by Walter Scott

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It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused...

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused...

'Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark our coming, and look brighter...

'Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark our coming, and look brighter...

Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.

Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.

All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their...

All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their...

Look back, and smile on perils past.

Look back, and smile on perils past.

Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep.

Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep.

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!

Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties...

Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties...

There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of...

There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of...

Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.

Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.

Teach you children poetry; it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the...

Teach you children poetry; it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the...

To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.

To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by...

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by...

Faces that have charmed us the most escape us the soonest.

Faces that have charmed us the most escape us the soonest.

A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and...

A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and...

Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For...

Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For...

The half hour between waking and rising has all my life proved propitious to any...

The half hour between waking and rising has all my life proved propitious to any...

To every lovely lady bright, I wish a gallant faithful knight; To every faithful lover,...

To every lovely lady bright, I wish a gallant faithful knight; To every faithful lover,...

My night has become a sunny dawn because of you.

My night has become a sunny dawn because of you.

I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do...

I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do...

Never tell your mom her diet's not working. - Advice From Kids

Never tell your mom her diet's not working. - Advice From Kids