Quotes by Charles Caleb Colton

Friendship often ends in love but love in friendship – never.

Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.

He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are.

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.

There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.

Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.

If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself; all that runs over will be yours.

In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good.

Mens arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.

“Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away.”

“Men spend their lives in anticipations,—in determining to be vastly happy at some period when they have time. But the present time has one advantage over every other—it is our own. Past opportunities are gone, future have not come. We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine; but if we defer the tasting of them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age.”

“Friendship often ends in love. But love in friendship; never.”

“If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself ~ all that runs over will be yours.”

“Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as many live because they are afraid to die, as die because they are afraid to live”