Quotes by Colton, Charles Caleb

Time; that black and narrow isthmus between two eternities. >>

None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them. >>

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

Quotations about School

In the schoolroom her quick mind had taken readily that strong starch >>

No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. >>

Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you h >>

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

Colton, Charles Caleb