Scorn no man's love, though of a mean degree; / 20 Love is a present for a mighty king,—/ Much less make any one thine enemy. As guns destroy, so may a little sling. George Herbert.
Scorn to trample upon a worm or to sneak to be an emperor. Saadi.
Scorn'd, to be scorn'd by one that I scorn, / Is that a matter to make me fret? / That a calamity hard to be borne? Tennyson.
Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled, / Scots, wham Bruce has aften led, / Welcome to your gory bed, / Or to victory! / Now's the day and now's the hour; / See the front o' battle lour; / See approach proud Edward's power, / Chains and slavery. Burns.
Scotsmen reckon ay frae an ill hour. Pr.
Screw not the chord too sharply lest it snap. 25 Pr.
Screw your courage to the sticking-place, / And we'll not fail. Macb., i. 7.
Scribendi recte sapere est et principium et fons—Good sense is both the first principle and parent-source of good writing. Hor.
Scribere scientes—Knowing, or skilled, in writing. M.
Scribimus indocti doctique—All of us, unlearned and learned, alike take to writing. Hor.