Charles Caleb Colton (1780–1832) was an English cleric, writer and collector, well known for his eccentricities.
The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable with interest thirty years later. Use this quote
Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books. Use this quote
There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the latter. Use this quote
Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power. Use this quote
Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer. Use this quote
Those who visit foreign nations, but associate only with their own country-men, change their climate, but not their customs. They see new meridians, but the same men; and with heads as empty as their pockets, return home with traveled bodies, but untravelled minds. Use this quote
To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet. Use this quote
Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another. Use this quote
Death is the liberator of him whom freedom cannot release, the physician of him whom medicine cannot cure, and the comforter of him whom time cannot console. Use this quote
Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship - never. Use this quote
