Maxioms by Charles Caleb Colton
Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as fickle as her food.
Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as fickle as her food.
Life often presents us with a choice of evils rather than of goods.
Life often presents us with a choice of evils rather than of goods.
There is a paradox in pride: it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.
There is a paradox in pride: it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.
The old ways are the safest and surest ways.
The old ways are the safest and surest ways.
To look back to antiquity is one thing, to go back to it is another.
To look back to antiquity is one thing, to go back to it is another.
