A semi-civilized state of society, equally removed from the extremes of barbarity and of refinement, seems to be that particular meridian under which all the reciprocities and gratuities of hospitality do most readily flourish and abound. For it so happens that the ease, the luxury, and the abundance of the highest state of civilization, are as productive of selfishness, as the difficulties, the privations, and the sterilities of he lowest.
Charles Caleb ColtonHe that is good will infallibly become better, and he that is bad will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue, and time are three things that never stand still.
Charles Caleb ColtonMy lowest days as a Christian have been more fulfilling and rewarding than all the days of glory in the White House.
Charles Caleb ColtonThe road to glory would cease to be arduous if it were trite and trodden; and great minds must be ready not only to take opportunities but to make them.
Charles Caleb Colton