Public charities and benevolent associations for the gratuitous relief of every species of distress, are peculiar to Christianity; no other system of civil or religious policy has originated them; they form its highest praise and characteristic feature.
Charles Caleb ColtonWith books, as with companions, it is of more consequence to know which to avoid, than which to choose; for good books are as scarce as good companions...
Charles Caleb ColtonHe that dies a martyr proves that he was not a knave, but by no means that he was not a fool.
Charles Caleb ColtonThere are prating coxcombs in the world who would rather talk than listen, although Shakespeare himself were the orator, and human nature the theme!
Charles Caleb ColtonLogic is a large drawer, containing some useful instruments, and many more that are superfluous. A wise man will look into it for two purposes, to avail himself of those instruments that are really useful, and to admire the ingenuity with which those that are not so, are assorted and arranged.
Charles Caleb Colton