Never join with your friend when he abuses his horse or his wife, unless the one is about to be sold, the other to be buried.

Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

Topics: Friends Quotes, Funny Quotes

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

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

Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after...

Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after...

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...

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...

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...

It is far more easy to acquire a fortune like a knave than to expend...

It is far more easy to acquire a fortune like a knave than to expend...

Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than...

Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than...

Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more...

Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more...

Of all the faculties of the mind, memory is the first that flourishes, the first...

Of all the faculties of the mind, memory is the first that flourishes, the first...

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...

We owe almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed, but to those...

We owe almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed, but to those...

True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it...

True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it...

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,...

Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner.

Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner.

It is a mortifying truth, and ought to teach the wisest of us humility, that...

It is a mortifying truth, and ought to teach the wisest of us humility, that...

The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant...

The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant...

Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple...

Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple...

Books that cannot bear examination, certainly ought not to be established as divine inspiration by...

Books that cannot bear examination, certainly ought not to be established as divine inspiration by...

Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their...

Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their...

There is something that falls short of perfection in every book, without exception, something influenced...

There is something that falls short of perfection in every book, without exception, something influenced...