193 quotes
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
Marmion (1808)
The paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.
The Heart of Midlothian (1818)
Just at the age 'twixt boy and youth,
When thought is speech, and speech is truth.
Marmion (1808)
Although too much of a soldier among sovereigns, no one could claim with better right to be a sovereign among soldiers.
Life of Napoleon (1827)
Her blue eyes sought the west afar,
For lovers love the western star.
The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805)
When, musing on companions gone,
We doubly feel ourselves alone.
Marmion (1808)
My foot is on my native heath, and my name is MacGregor.
Rob Roy (1817)
Tell that to the marines—the sailors won't believe it.
Redgauntlet (1824)
The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
The Monastery (1820)
It's no fish ye're buying, it's men's lives.
The Antiquary (1816)
Guilt, though it may attain temporal splendour, can never confer real happiness.
The Heart of Midlothian (1818)
I cannot tell how the truth may be;
I say the tale as 'twas said to me.
The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805)
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into sin!
The Bridal of Triermain (1813)
Women are but the toys which amuse our lighter hours-ambition is the serious business of life.
Ivanhoe (1819)
It is a strong castle, and strongly guarded; but there is no impossibility to brave men.
Quentin Durward (1823)
A foot more light, a step more true,
Ne'er from the heath-flower dash'd the dew.
The Lady of the Lake (1810)
When Prussia hurried to the field,
And snatch'd the spear, but left the shield.
Marmion (1808)
If thou would'st view fair Melrose aright,
Go visit it by the pale moonlight.
The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805)
To all, to each, a fair good-night,
And pleasing dreams, and slumbers light!
Marmion (1808)
Stood for his country’s glory fast,
And nail’d her colours to the mast!
Marmion (1808)