Walter Scott

O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!

Look back, and smile on perils past.

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.

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

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!

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

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation.

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.