The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable with interest thirty years later

Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

Topics: Excess Quotes, Youth Quotes

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.

The family is the most basic unit of government. As the first community to which...

The family is the most basic unit of government. As the first community to which...

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;...

Gross and vulgar minds will always pay a higher respect to wealth than to talent;...

Gross and vulgar minds will always pay a higher respect to wealth than to talent;...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable.

Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable.

Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as...

Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as...

Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.

Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.

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.

Imitation is the sincerest flattery

Imitation is the sincerest flattery

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...

As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no...

As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no...

If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if...

If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if...

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...

To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses...

To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses...