Love may exist without jealousy, although this is rare: but jealousy may exist without love, and this is common; for jealousy can feed on that which is bitter no less than on that which is sweet, and is sustained by pride as often as by affection.
Charles Caleb ColtonIt is not until we have passed through the furnace that we are made to know how much dross there is in our composition.
Charles Caleb ColtonIgnorance is a blank sheet, on which we may write; but error is a scribbled one, on which we must first erase.
Charles Caleb ColtonHonor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as fickle as her food.
Charles Caleb Colton