Quote by C. C. Colton (b. 1992)

• The reason why great men meet with so little pity or attachment in adversity, would seem to be this: the friends of a great man were made by his fortune, his enemies by himself, and revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude.

• Doubt is the vestibule which all must pass before they can enter the temple of wisdom. When we are in doubt and puzzle out the truth by our own exertions, we have gained something that will stay by us and will serve us again. But if to avoid the trouble of the search we avail ourselves of the superior information of a friend, such knowledge will not remain with us; we have not bought, but borrowed it.

• Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.

• He that will believe only what he can fully comprehend must have a long head or a very short creed.

• It is with disease of the mind, as with those of the body; we are half dead before we understand our disorder, and half cured when we do.

• True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.