Charles Caleb Colton

English author and clergyman; b. 1780; d. 1832

Aphorisms Attributed to This Aphorist

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tiny.ag/cnifx1o4 · submitted 1997

When you have nothing to say, say nothing.

tiny.ag/a05b6vef · submitted 1997

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

tiny.ag/m3eo71lp · submitted 1997

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

tiny.ag/pcf4akr5 · submitted 1999

We are more apt to catch the vices of others than their virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health.

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