Maxioms by Charles Caleb Colton
There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.
There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.
Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that read more
Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that he gained by the wisdom of his friends and the folly of his enemies, and the giant will often be seen to be a pygmy.
The rich are more envied by those who have a little, than by those who have nothing.
The rich are more envied by those who have a little, than by those who have nothing.
True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.
True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.
Death is the liberator of him whom freedom cannot release, the physician of him whom medicine cannot cure, and the read more
Death is the liberator of him whom freedom cannot release, the physician of him whom medicine cannot cure, and the comforter of him whom time cannot console.