When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, and make an immediate application of it, as we would of the advice of a friend whom we have purposely…

Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

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In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those...

In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those...

Death is the liberator of him whom freedom cannot release, the physician of him whom...

Death is the liberator of him whom freedom cannot release, the physician of him whom...

It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on...

It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on...

Our income are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but...

Our income are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but...

We hate some persons because we do not know them; and will not know them...

We hate some persons because we do not know them; and will not know them...

He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who...

He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who...

Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed...

Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed...

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never...

The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never...

We ask advice, but we mean approbation.

We ask advice, but we mean approbation.

Memory is the friend of wit, but the treacherous ally of invention; there are many...

Memory is the friend of wit, but the treacherous ally of invention; there are many...

None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them;...

None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them;...

Neutrality is no favorite with Providence, for we are so formed that it is scarcely...

Neutrality is no favorite with Providence, for we are so formed that it is scarcely...

Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.

Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.

Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness when bequeathed by those who, even alive,...

Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness when bequeathed by those who, even alive,...

Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and...

Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and...

The present time has one advantage over every other - it is our own.

The present time has one advantage over every other - it is our own.

Habit will reconcile us to everything but change

Habit will reconcile us to everything but change

Old habits are strong and jealous

Old habits are strong and jealous

Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your...

Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your...