Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away.
From Charles Caleb Colton
There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.
Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease.
Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost.
Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.
There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the latter.
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of the one, and the weakest weapon of the other.
Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner.
The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.
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