One learns little more about a man from the feats of his literary memory than from the feats of his alimentary canal.

- Frank Moore Colby

That is the consolation of a little mind; you have the fun of changing it without impeding the progress of mankind.

- Frank Moore Colby

I know of no more disagreeable sensation than to be left feeling generally angry without anybody in particular to be angry at.

- Frank Moore Colby

The world is a play that would not be worth seeing if we knew the plot.

- Frank Moore Colby

Cast your cares on God; that anchor holds.

- Frank Moore Colby

I have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the bottom simply by looking at the men at the top.

- Frank Moore Colby

By rights, satire is a lonely and introspective occupation, for nobody can describe a fool to the life without much patient self-inspection.

- Frank Moore Colby

Clever people seem not to feel the natural pleasure of bewilderment, and are always answering questions when the chief relish of a life is to go on a…

- Frank Moore Colby

Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest.

- Frank Moore Colby