“To be obliged to beg our daily happiness from others bespeaks a more lamentable poverty than that of him who begs his daily bread.”
“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
“Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.”
Charles Caleb Colton“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“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“There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.”
Charles Caleb Colton“Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.”
Charles Caleb Colton“Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.”
Charles Caleb Colton“He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are.”
Charles Caleb Colton“Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.”
Charles Caleb Colton“Friendship often ends in love but love in friendship – never.”
Charles Caleb Colton“Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner.”
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