Quotes by Colton, Charles Caleb

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

No man is wise enough, or good enough to be trusted with unlimited pow >>

Were we as eloquent as angels we still would please people much more b >>

Quotations about Fame

It often happens that those of whom we speak least on earth are best k >>

The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign. >>

He that pursues fame with just claims, trusts his happiness to the win >>

Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead.

Colton, Charles Caleb