If the prodigal quits life in debt to others, the miser quits it still deeper in debt to himself.
Charles Caleb ColtonWe submit to the society of those that can inform us, but we seek the society of those whom we can inform. And men of genius ought not to be chagrined if they see themselves neglected. For when we communicate knowledge, we are raised in our own estimation; but when we receive it, we are lowered.
Charles Caleb ColtonMany books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.
Charles Caleb ColtonThe greatest genius is never so great as when it is chastised and subdued by the highest reason.
Charles Caleb Colton