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

Quote by Walter Scott

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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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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...

Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep.

Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep.

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...

Look back, and smile on perils past.

Look back, and smile on perils past.

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...

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,...

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

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

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...

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...

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!

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...

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

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

'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...