“If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it e...” — Walter Scott Quote

“If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors.”

“My hope, my heaven, my trust must be,”

“I pretend not to be a champion of that same naked virtue called truth, to the very outrance. I can consent that her charms be hidden with a veil, were it but for decency's sake.”