Women that are the least bashful are often the most modest. — Charles Caleb Colton Bashful Copy Share Image
Mathematicians have sought knowledge in figures, Philosophers in systems, Logicians in subtleties, and Metaphysicians in sounds. It is not in any nor… — Charles Caleb Colton Body Copy Share Image
Kings and their subjects, masters and slaves, find a common level in two places - at the foot of the cross, and… — Charles Caleb Colton Brotherhood Copy Share Image
Wit may do very well for a mistress, but [I] should prefer reason for a wife. — Charles Caleb Colton Marriage Copy Share Image
Wealth is a relative thing since those who have little and want less are richer than those who have much but want… — Charles Caleb Colton Littles Copy Share Image
An Irish man fights before he reasons, a Scotchman reasons before he fights, an Englishman is not particular as to the order… — Charles Caleb Colton Accommodate Copy Share Image
Those who have resources within themselves, who can dare to live alone, want friends the least, but, at the same time, best… — Charles Caleb Colton Character Copy Share Image
In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those who believe half our creed, than for… — Charles Caleb Colton Believe Copy Share Image
When you have nothing to say, say nothing; a weak defense strengthens your opponent, and silence is less injurious than a bad… — Charles Caleb Colton Defense Copy Share Image
Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books. — Charles Caleb Colton Acquisition Copy Share Image
“Men are born with two eyes but only one tongue in order that they should see twice as much as they say.” — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
No disorders have employed so many quacks, as those that have no cure; and no sciences have exercised so many quills, as… — Charles Caleb Colton Accounts Copy Share Image
The avarice of the miser may be termed the grand sepulchral of all his other passions, as they successively decay. — Charles Caleb Colton Avarice Copy Share Image
Most plagiarists, like the drone, have neither taste to select, industry to acquire, nor skill to improve, but impudently pilfer the honey… — Charles Caleb Colton Acquire Copy Share Image
Jealousy is sustained as often by pride as by affection. — Charles Caleb Colton Affection Copy Share Image
Sir Richard Steele has observed, that there is this difference between the Church of Rome and the Church of England: the one… — Charles Caleb Colton Atheism Copy Share Image
Novels may teach us as wholesome a moral as the pulpit. There are "sermons in stones," in healthy books, and "good in… — Charles Caleb Colton Book Copy Share Image
Unity of opinion is indeed a glorious and desirable thing, and its circle cannot be too strong and extended, if the centre… — Charles Caleb Colton Centre Copy Share Image
The integrity that lives only on opinion would starve without it. — Charles Caleb Colton Inspirational Copy Share Image
We are sure to be losers when we quarrel with ourselves; it is civil war. — Charles Caleb Colton Civil war Copy Share Image
The press is the foe of rhetoric, but the friend of reason. — Charles Caleb Colton Foe Copy Share Image
The seeds of repentance are sown in youth by pleasure, but the harvest is reaped in age by pain. — Charles Caleb Colton Age Copy Share Image
When we feel a strong desire to thrust our advice upon others, it is usually because we suspect their weakness; but we… — Charles Caleb Colton Advice Copy Share Image
It may be observed of good writing, as of good blood, that it is much easier to say what it is composed… — Charles Caleb Colton Blood Copy Share Image
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