The burning of a little straw may hide the stars of the sky; but the stars are there, and will reappear. Carlyle.
The burst of new light, by its suddenness, always appears inimical to the unprepared heart. Jean Paul.
The busiest of living agents are certain dead 20 men's thoughts. Bovee.
The calling of a man's self to a strict account is a medicine sometimes too piercing and corrosive; reading good books of morality is a little flat and dead ... but the best receipt (best to work, and best to take) is the admonition of a friend. Bacon.
The camomile, the more it is trodden on, the faster it grows; yet youth, the more it is wasted, the sooner it wears. 1 Hen. IV., ii. 4.
The canary-bird sings the sweeter the longer it has been trained in a darkened cage. Jean Paul.
The cancer of jealousy on the breast can never wholly be cut out, if I am to believe great masters of the healing art. Jean Paul.
The canker galls the infants of the spring / 25 Too oft before their buttons are disclosed, / And in the morn and liquid dew of youth / Contagious blastments are most imminent. Ham., i. 3.
The capacity of apprehending what is high is very rare; and therefore, in common life a man does well to keep such things for himself, and only to give out so much as is needful to have some advantage against others. Goethe.
The captive bands may chain the hands, / But love enslaves the man. Burns.