Men will wrangle for religion write for it fight for it die for it anything but live for it.

— Charles Caleb Colton

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.

— Charles Caleb Colton

Most men know what they hate few what they love

— Charles Caleb Colton

Most of our misfortunes are comments of our friends upon them.

— Charles Caleb Colton

Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces and which most men throw away.

— Charles Caleb Colton

Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away.

— Charles Caleb Colton

Mystery is not profoundness.

— Charles Caleb Colton

Never join with your friend when he abuses his horse or his wife unless the one is to be sold and the other to be buried.

— Charles Caleb Colton

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

— Charles Caleb Colton

No company is preferable to bad. We are more apt to catch the vices of others than virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health.

— Charles Caleb Colton