Sir Scott
Sir Scott
drinking eating man starved till time
To be always intending to live a new life, but never find time to set about it - this is as if a man should put off eating and drinking from one day to another till he be starved and destroyed.
awakening death final last
Death - the last sleep? No, it is the final awakening
brute envious exalted high lie loudest lowest shouts station turn whose worth zeal
And the brute crowd, whose envious zeal Huzzas each turn of fortune's wheel, And loudest shouts when lowest lie Exalted worth and station high
friend stand wrong
I like a Highland friend who will stand by me, not only when I am in the right, but when I am a little in the wrong
consequences crimes forever ghosts haunt steps survive
The consequences of our crimes long survive their commission, and, like the ghosts of the murdered, forever haunt the steps of the malefactor
active afford cannot due forward friends-or-friendship gratitude humble incumbent less life member move ought owe path powers rejoice save share steadily success whom
If you have no friends to share or rejoice in your success in life -- if you cannot look back to those whom you owe gratitude, or forward to those to whom you ought to afford protection, still it is no less incumbent on you to move steadily in the path of duty; for your active excretions are due not only to society; but in humble gratitude to the Being who made you a member of it, with powers to save yourself and others.
court critics-and-criticism dread frown nor smile
Court not the critic's smile nor dread his frown
clean cracked credit looking wiped
Credit is like a looking - glass, which when once sullied by a breath, may be wiped clean again; but if once cracked can never be repaired
race simple smile toil tribute vain waste
A simple race! they waste their toil For the vain tribute of a smile
alert asserting constantly jealousy kept liable life pride resolute rights spent
Pride and jealousy there was in his eye, for his life had been spent in asserting rights which were constantly liable to invasion; and the prompt, fiery, and resolute disposition of the man, had been kept constantly upon the alert by the circumstances of his situation.
christmas heap merry whistle wind
Heap on more wood! the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We'll keep our Christmas merry still.
death slow
Come he slow or come he fast. It is but death who comes at last.
And come he slow, or come he fast,
good work
A good play for nothing, you know, as work for nothing