More from Walter Scott
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!Marmion (1808), Canto VI, st. 17.In contextTo all, to each, a fair good-night,
And pleasing dreams, and slumbers light!Marmion (1808), L’Envoy.In contextRevenge—the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell!
The Heart of Midlothian (1818), Vol. II, Ch. 6.
More about courage
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
Cowards die many times before their deaths. The valiant never taste of death but once.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
?UnattributedOften credited to Winston Churchill
