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

Quote by Walter Scott

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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.

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.

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...

O! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant! And many...

O! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant! And many...

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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 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.

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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,...

We always come back to our first love.

We always come back to our first love.

I long for the day my Angel rests her head so delicately on her pillow....

I long for the day my Angel rests her head so delicately on her pillow....

All thoughts, all passions, all delights Whatever stirs this mortal frame All are but ministers...

All thoughts, all passions, all delights Whatever stirs this mortal frame All are but ministers...

All lovers live by longing, and endure; summon a vision and declare it pure

All lovers live by longing, and endure; summon a vision and declare it pure