Charles Caleb Colton

Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as read more

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

The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable with interest thirty years later

The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable with interest thirty years later

To look back to antiquity is one thing, to go back to it is another.

To look back to antiquity is one thing, to go back to it is another.

Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.

Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.

The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events that have produced them. Thus read more

The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events that have produced them. Thus the American Revolution, from which little was expected, produced much; but the French Revolution, from which much was expected, produced little.