Charles Caleb Colton Quotes & Sayings

“True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.”

“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.”

“The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence.”

“Corruption is like a ball of snow, once it's set a rolling it must increase.”

“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.”

“The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events that have produced them. Thus the American Revolution, from which little was expected, produced much; but the French Revolution, from which much was expected, produced little.”

“Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm.”

“Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return to them again and again for, like true friends, they will never fail us - never cease to instruct - never cloy.”

“We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.”