Maxioms by Charles Caleb Colton
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 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
Friendship, of itself a holy tie, Is made more sacred by adversity.
Friendship, of itself a holy tie, Is made more sacred by adversity.
Men will wrangle for religion; write for it; fight for it; die for it; anything but live for it.
Men will wrangle for religion; write for it; fight for it; die for it; anything but live for it.
Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to read more
Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.
