Charles Caleb Colton

Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship, never.

Of all the marvelous works of God, perhaps the one angels view with the most supreme astonishment, is a proud man.

The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable with interest thirty years later.

Life isn't like a book. Life isn't logical or sensible or orderly. Life is a mess most of the time. And theology must be lived in the midst of that mess.

The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility.

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.

As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints.

Pity is a thing often vowed, seldom felt; hatred is a thing often felt, seldom avowed.

Our income are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and trip.

Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.