To be obliged to beg our daily happiness from others bespeaks a more lamentable poverty than that of him who begs his daily bread. Charles Caleb Colton on happiness
Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route. Charles Caleb Colton on happiness
True friendship is like sound health the value of it is seldom known until it is lost. Charles Caleb Colton on health
No company is preferable to bad. We are more apt to catch the vices of others than virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health. Charles Caleb Colton on health
Those who visit foreign nations, but associate only with their own country-men, change their climate, but not their customs. They see new meridians, but the same men and with heads as empty as their pockets, return home with traveled bodies, but untravelled minds. Charles Caleb Colton on home
We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed. Charles Caleb Colton on knowledge
Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is false. Charles Caleb Colton on knowledge
That writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge and takes from him the least time. Charles Caleb Colton on knowledge
Friendship often ends in love but love in friendship - never. Charles Caleb Colton on love
If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself all that runs over will be yours. Charles Caleb Colton on love
Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner. Charles Caleb Colton on marriage
In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good. Charles Caleb Colton on men
Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes. Charles Caleb Colton on men
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 on men
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 on men
Patience is the support of weakness impatience the ruin of strength. Charles Caleb Colton on patience
In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those who believe half our creed, than for those who deny the whole of it. Charles Caleb Colton on politics
Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power. Charles Caleb Colton on power
There are three modes of bearing the ills of life, by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion. Charles Caleb Colton on religion
Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost. Charles Caleb Colton on religion