Two Quotes by Charles Caleb Colton

Peace is the evening star of the soul, as virtue is its sun, and the two are never far apart.

— Charles Caleb Colton

There are two modes of establishing our reputation; to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues.

— Charles Caleb Colton

There are two things that bestow consequence; great possession, or great debts.

— Charles Caleb Colton

Law and equity are two things which God has joined, but which man has put asunder.

— Charles Caleb Colton

Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.

— Charles Caleb Colton

No two things differ more than hurry and despatch. Hurry is the mark of a weak mind; despatch of a strong one.

— Charles Caleb Colton

Time,- that black and narrow isthmus between two eternities.

— Charles Caleb Colton

There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by…

— Charles Caleb Colton

There are two things which ought to teach us to think but meanly of human glory; the very best have had their…

— Charles Caleb Colton

There are only two things in which the false professors of all religions have agreed--to persecute all other sects and to plunder…

— Charles Caleb Colton

There are three kinds of power,--wealth, strength, and talent; but as old age always weakens, often destroys, the two latter, the aged…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Of two evils, it is perhaps less injurious to society, that good doctrine should be accompanied by a bad life, than that…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Kings and their subjects, masters and slaves, find a common level in two places - at the foot of the cross, and…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Memory is the friend of wit, but the treacherous ally of invention; there are many books that owe their success to two…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Two things, well considered, would prevent many quarrels: first, to have it well ascertained whether we are not disputing about terms, rather…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Logic is a large drawer, containing some useful instruments, and many more that are superfluous. A wise man will look into it…

— Charles Caleb Colton

When we are in the company of sensible men, we ought to be doubly cautious of talking too much, lest we lose…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Some philosophers would give a sex to revenge, and appropriate it almost exclusively to the female mind. But, like most other vices,…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Literature has her quacks no less than medicine, and they are divided into two classes; those who have erudition without genius, and…

— Charles Caleb Colton

No man can promise himself even fifty years of life, but any man may, if he please, live in the proportion of…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Custom is the law of one description of fools, and fashion of another; but the two parties often clash--for precedent is the…

— Charles Caleb Colton

If often happens too, both in courts and in cabinets, that there are two things going on together,--a main plot and an…

— Charles Caleb Colton

There is this difference between the two temporal blessings - health and money; money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed;…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Those who worship gold in a world so corrupt as this we live in have at least one thing to plead in…

— Charles Caleb Colton

No two things differ more than hurry and dispatch. Hurry is the mark of a weak mind, dispatch of a strong one.…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Alas! What is man? Whether he be deprived of that light which is from on high, of whether he discard it, a…

— Charles Caleb Colton

There are two principles of established acceptance in morals; first, that self-interest is the mainspring of all of our actions, and secondly,…

— Charles Caleb Colton

We ought not to be over-anxious to encourage innovation in cases of doubtful improvement, for an old system must ever have two…

— Charles Caleb Colton

The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Vanity finds in self-love so powerful an ally that it storms, as it were, by a coup de main,, the citadel of…

— Charles Caleb Colton

When I meet with any persons who write obscurely or converse confusedly, I am apt to suspect two things; first, that such…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Death is like thunder in two particulars; we are alarmed, at the sound of it; and it is formidable only from that…

— Charles Caleb Colton

There are two metals, one of which is omnipotent in the cabinet, and the other in the camp--gold and iron. He that…

— Charles Caleb Colton

When young, we trust ourselves too much, and we trust others too little when old. Rashness is the error of youth, timid…

— Charles Caleb Colton