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Quotes by C. C. Colton
Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.— filed under Applause
Life often presents us with a choice of evils, rather than of goods.— filed under Choice
Our very best friends have a tincture of when ascribe it jealousy even in their friendship; and they can. they hear us praised by others, will ascribe it to sinister and interested motives if they can.— filed under Friends
The gamester, if he die a martyr to his profession, is doubly ruined. He adds his soul to every other loss, and by the act of suicide, renounces earth to forfeit Heaven.— filed under Gambling
Last stanza. Most of our misfortunes are more supportable than the comments of our friends upon them.— filed under Misfortune
That writer does the most, who gives his reader the most knowledge, and takes from him the least time.— filed under Occupations-Alchemy
Age. An Address. 1841. To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it: the pains of power are real, its pleasures imaginary.— filed under Power
Urn Burial. Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.— filed under Proverbs
Men will wrangle for religion; write for it; fight for it; die for it; anything but-live for it.— filed under Xxv
Vice stings us, even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us, even in our pains.— filed under Vice