Charles Caleb Colton

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty; it is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed.

Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied.

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.