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

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,...

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...

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

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

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...

Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the...

Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the...

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...

There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man,...

There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man,...

To be obliged to beg our daily happiness from others bespeaks a more lamentable poverty...

To be obliged to beg our daily happiness from others bespeaks a more lamentable poverty...

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

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

Corruption is like a ball of snow, once it's set a rolling it must increase.

Corruption is like a ball of snow, once it's set a rolling it must increase.

The greatest genius is never so great as when it is chastised and subdued by...

The greatest genius is never so great as when it is chastised and subdued by...

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...

When you have nothing to say, say nothing.

When you have nothing to say, say nothing.

Mystery is not profoundness

Mystery is not profoundness

Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both,...

Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both,...

Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.

Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.

We hate some persons because we do not know them; and we will not know...

We hate some persons because we do not know them; and we will not know...

Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost.

Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost.

War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and...

War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and...

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...