Charles Caleb Colton quotes

" True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it be lost. " # Friends and Friendship # Freedom # Power

" We hate some persons because we do not know them and we will not know them because we hate them. " # Hatred

" Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say. " # Prudence

" Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thirst, and perhaps as many suicides as despair. " # Gambling # Greed # Suicide

" Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied. " # Health # Money # Enjoyment

" Love lives on hope, and dies when hope is dead It is a flame which sinks for lack of fuel. " # Love

" If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village If you would know, and not be known, live in a city. " # Cities and City Life

" It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth. " # Wealth # Riches # Potential

" When the frustration of my helplessness seemed greatest, I discovered God's grace was more than sufficient. And after my imprisonment, I could look back and see how God used my powerlessness for His purpose. What He has chosen for my most significant witness was not my triumphs or victories, but my defeat. " # Defeat # Victory # God

" Imitation is the sincerest of flattery. " # Imitation