When thinking about companions gone, we feel ourselves doubly alone. – Walter Scott
There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of religion, finds it easier to doubt than to examine. – Walter Scott

When thinking about companions gone, we feel ourselves doubly alone. – Walter Scott
There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of religion, finds it easier to doubt than to examine. – Walter Scott
Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn. – Walter Scott
A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy. – Walter Scott