All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education. Walter Scott Education
It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty. Walter Scott Strength
Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn. Walter Scott Nature
The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men; and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt. Walter Scott Power
A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect. Walter Scott History
Teach your children poetry; it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the heroic virtues hereditary. Walter Scott Wisdom