Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn. Walter Scott Read Quote
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. Walter Scott Read Quote
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love. Walter Scott Read Quote
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. Walter Scott Read Quote
Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities. Walter Scott Read Quote
All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education. Walter Scott Read Quote
