O! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart that's broken!

Quote by Walter Scott

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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!

To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures,...

To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures,...

If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it...

If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it...

What is a diary as a rule? A document useful to the person who keeps...

What is a diary as a rule? A document useful to the person who keeps...

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,...

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.

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.

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to...

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to...

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...

Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on...

Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on...

We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.

We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.

One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.

One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.

A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he...

A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he...

Many miles away there's a shadow on the door of a cottage on the Shore...

Many miles away there's a shadow on the door of a cottage on the Shore...

He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps...

He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps...

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...

Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep.

Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep.

What I have to say is far more important than how long my eyelashes are.

What I have to say is far more important than how long my eyelashes are.

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

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

When thinking about companions gone, we feel ourselves doubly alone.

When thinking about companions gone, we feel ourselves doubly alone.