He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue and time are three things that never stand still.
More Quotes by Charles Caleb Colton
Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.
Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.
True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.
Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.
Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is false.
Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship - never.