I'm aiming by the time I'm fifty to stop being an adolescent.

Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

Topics: Men Quotes, Teenage Quotes

When millions applaud you seriously ask yourself what harm you have done; and when they...

When millions applaud you seriously ask yourself what harm you have done; and when they...

He that knows himself, knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself, could not...

He that knows himself, knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself, could not...

Mystery is not profoundness.

Mystery is not profoundness.

Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day...

Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day...

Human foresight often leaves its proudest possessor only a choice of evils

Human foresight often leaves its proudest possessor only a choice of evils

Justice to my readers compels me to admit that I write because I have nothing...

Justice to my readers compels me to admit that I write because I have nothing...

Nothing so completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straightforward...

Nothing so completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straightforward...

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return...

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return...

Law and equity are two things which God has joined, but which man has put...

Law and equity are two things which God has joined, but which man has put...

Life isn't like a book. Life isn't logical or sensible or orderly. Life is a...

Life isn't like a book. Life isn't logical or sensible or orderly. Life is a...

Our very best friends have a tincture of jealousy even in their friendship; and when...

Our very best friends have a tincture of jealousy even in their friendship; and when...

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; if you would...

If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; if you would...

Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest...

Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest...

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to...

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to...

The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable...

The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable...

Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind.

Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind.

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a...

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a...

I know that many have been taught to think that moderation, in a case like...

I know that many have been taught to think that moderation, in a case like...

Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.

Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.