"He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its pla..." — Charles Caleb Colton

War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies.

Wealth after all is a relative thing since he that has little and wants less is richer than he that has much and wants more.

Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.

Justice to my readers compels me to admit that I write because I have nothing to do; justice to myself induces me to add that I will cease to write the moment I have nothing to say.