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

Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

Topics: Men Quotes, Teenage Quotes

To write what is worth publishing, to find honest people to publish it, and get...

To write what is worth publishing, to find honest people to publish it, and get...

War is a game in which princes seldom win, the people never

War is a game in which princes seldom win, the people never

The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our...

The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our...

Revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude

Revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude

Patience is the support of weakness; impatience the ruin of strength.

Patience is the support of weakness; impatience the ruin of strength.

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...

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...

Afflictions sent by providence melt the constancy of the noble minded, but confirm the obduracy...

Afflictions sent by providence melt the constancy of the noble minded, but confirm the obduracy...

Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should...

Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should...

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

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

Mystery is not profoundness.

Mystery is not profoundness.

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...

True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes,...

True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes,...

Vice has more martyrs than virtue; and it often happens that men suffer more to...

Vice has more martyrs than virtue; and it often happens that men suffer more to...

Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship - never.

Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship - never.

If a horse has four legs, and I'm riding it, I think I can win.

If a horse has four legs, and I'm riding it, I think I can win.

Never join with your friend when he abuses his horse or his wife, unless the...

Never join with your friend when he abuses his horse or his wife, unless the...

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...

I can not live with out books.

I can not live with out books.

Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.

Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.