To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet.

Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

Topics: Courage Quotes, Living Quotes, Meetings Quotes

Mystery is not profoundness.

Mystery is not profoundness.

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.

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...

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

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

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise...

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise...

Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.

Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.

When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should...

When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should...

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;...

Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but...

Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but...

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

Mystery is not profoundness

Mystery is not profoundness

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.

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.

Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through...

Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through...

It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to...

It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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,...