The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

‘Marmion’ (1808) canto 5, st. 12 (‘Lochinvar’ st. 4)
O what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
‘Marmion’ (1808) canto 6, st. 17
O Woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please,
And variable as the shade
By the light quivering aspen made;
When pain and anguish wring the brow,
A ministering angel thou!
‘Marmion’ (1808) canto 6, st. 30
The stubborn spear-men still made good
Their dark impenetrable wood,
Each stepping where his comrade stood,
The instant that he fell.
‘Marmion’ (1808) canto 6, st. 34
Still from the sire the son shall hear
Of the stern strife, and carnage drear,
Of Flodden’s fatal field,
Where shivered was fair Scotland’s spear,
And broken was her shield!
‘Marmion’ (1808) canto 6, st. 34
O, Brignal banks are wild and fair,
And Greta woods are green,
And you may gather garlands there
Would grace a summer queen.
‘Rokeby’ (1813) canto 3, st. 16
It’s no fish ye’re buying—it’s men’s lives.
‘The Antiquary’ (1816) ch. 11
Widowed wife, and married maid,
Betrothed, betrayer, and betrayed!
‘The Betrothed’ (1825) ch. 15
Vacant heart and hand, and eye,—
Easy live and quiet die.
‘The Bride of Lammermoor’ (1819) ch. 2
I live by twa trades...fiddle, sir, and spade; filling the world, and emptying of it.
‘The Bride of Lammermoor’ (1819) ch. 24
Touch not the cat but a glove.
‘The Fair Maid of Perth’ (1828) ch. 34 (but without)
It’s ill taking the breeks aff a wild Highlandman.