It is astonishing how much more anxious people are to lengthen life than to improve it; and as misers often lose large sums of money in attempting to make more, so do hypochondriacs squander large sums of time in search of nostrums by which they vainly hope they may get more time to squander.
Charles Caleb ColtonThe victim to too severe a law is considered as a martyr rather than a criminal.
Charles Caleb ColtonHe that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place.
Charles Caleb ColtonWe should choose our books as we would our companions, for their sterling and intrinsic merit.
Charles Caleb Colton