It is always easy to shut a book, but not quite so easy to get rid of a lettered coxcomb.
Charles Caleb ColtonNothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straight forward and simple integrity in another.
Charles Caleb ColtonThe only kind office performed for us by our friends of which we never complain is our funeral; and the only thing which we most want, happens to be the only thing we never purchase--our coffin.
Charles Caleb Colton