充滿輝煌行動與崇高冒險一小時，價值等同平庸地遵守瑣碎禮節好幾年。One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum.

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum.
– Walter Scott, Novelist
充滿輝煌行動與崇高冒險一小時，價值等同平庸地遵守瑣碎禮節好幾年。

– 華特·司各特 (1771-1832) 蘇格蘭歷史小說家及詩人