Quotes by Colton, Charles Caleb

They that are loudest in their threats are the weakest in the executio >>

The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they ar >>

It is the briefest yet wisest maxim which tells us to meddle not. >>

Quotations about Opportunity

If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a be >>

It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obst >>

Everyone has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases. >>

Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that he gained by the wisdom of his friends and the folly of his enemies, and the giant will often be seen to be a pygmy.

Colton, Charles Caleb