Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.

Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

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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...

It is doubtful whether mankind are most indebted to those who like Bacon and Butler...

It is doubtful whether mankind are most indebted to those who like Bacon and Butler...

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...

In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good,...

In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good,...

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...

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

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

Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

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.

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...

Mystery magnifies danger, as a fog the sun

Mystery magnifies danger, as a fog the sun

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.

There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.

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

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

There is this difference between the two temporal blessings - health and money; money is...

There is this difference between the two temporal blessings - health and money; money is...

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...

Books are the curse of the human race.

Books are the curse of the human race.

Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that...

Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that...