The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable with interest thirty years later.
Charles Caleb ColtonGenius in one grand particular is like life. We know nothing of either but by their effects.
Charles Caleb ColtonLet us not be too prodigal when we are young, nor too parsimonious when we are old. Otherwise we shall fall into the common error of those, who, when they had the power to enjoy, had not the prudence to acquire; and when they had the prudence to acquire, had no longer the power to enjoy.
Charles Caleb Colton