Men pursue riches under the idea that their possession will set them at ease, and above the world. But the law of… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Religion, like its votaries, while it exists on earth, must have a body as well as a soul. A religion purely spiritual… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
The wisest man may be wiser to-day than he was yesterday, and to-morrow than he is to-day. Total freedom from change would… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Like the rainbow, peace rests upon the earth, but its arch is lost in heaven. Heaven bathes it in hues of light--it… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
To be a mere verbal critic is what no man of genius would be if he could; but to be a critic… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
For one man who sincerely pities our misfortunes, there are a thousand who sincerely hate our success. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
It is in the middle classes of society that all the finest feeling, and the most amiable propensities of our nature do… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Cruel men are the greatest lovers of Mercy, avaricious men of generosity, and proud men of humility; that is to say, in… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Lord Bacon has compared those who move in higher spheres to those heavenly bodies in the firmament, which have much admiration, but… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Some men of a secluded and studious life, have sent forth from their closet or their cloister, rays of intellectual light that… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
We should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Men of great and shining qualities do not always succeed in life, but the fault lies more often in themselves than in… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
That profound firmness which enabler a man to regard difficulties but as evils to be surmounted, no matter what shape they may… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Women do not transgress the bounds of decorum so often as men; but when they do, they go greater lengths. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
As the grand discordant harmony of the celestial bodies may be explained by the simple principles of gravity and impulse, so also… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Men of strong minds and who think for themselves, should not be discouraged on finding occasionally that some of their best ideas… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Many a man may thank his talent for his rank, but no man has ever been able to return the compliment by… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that he gained… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
There are many women who have never intrigued, and many men who have never gamed; but those who have done either but… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
There are truths which some men despise because they have not examined, and which they will not examine because they despise. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
There is this paradox in pride - it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
There are too many who reverse both the principles and the practice of the Apostles; they become all things to all men,… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
The benevolent have the advantage of the envious, even in this present life; for the envious man is tormented not only by… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
If you cannot avoid a quarrel with a blackguard, let your lawyer manage it, rather than yourself. No man sweeps his own… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Villainy that is vigilant will be an overmatch for virtue, if she slumber at her post. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
A beautiful woman, if poor, should use double circumspection; for her beauty will tempt others, her poverty herself. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Were the life of man prolonged, he would become such a proficient in villainy, that it would become necessary again to drown or to… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
It is doubtful whether mankind are most indebted to those who like Bacon and Butler dig the gold from the mine of literature, or… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Be very slow to believe that you are wiser than all others; it is a fatal but common error. Where one has been saved… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Mental pleasures never cloy; unlike those of the body, they are increased by reputation, approved by reflection, and strengthened by enjoyment. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Ignorance lies at the bottom of all human knowledge, and the deeper we penetrate, the nearer we arrive unto it. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Heroism, self-denial, and magnanimity, in all instances where they do not spring from a principle of religion, are but splendid altars on which we… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
We ought not to be over-anxious to encourage innovation in cases of doubtful improvement, for an old system must ever have two advantages over… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
We owe almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed, but to those who have differed — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
