Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Coltonwas an English cleric, writer and collector, well known for his eccentricities...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
wise war successful
A wise minister would rather preserve peace than gain a victory, because he knows that even the most successful war leaves nations generally more poor, always more profligate, than it found them.
war long body
Wars are to the body politic, what drams are to the individual. There are times when they may prevent a sudden death, but if frequently resorted to, or long persisted in, they heighten the energies only to hasten the dissolution.
men law ideas
Men pursue riches under the idea that their possession will set them at ease, and above the world. But the law of association often makes those who begin by loving gold as a servant finish by becoming themselves its slaves; and independence without wealth is at least as common as wealth without independence.
currency should
Words indeed are but the signs and counters of knowledge, and their currency should be strictly regulated by the capital which they represent.
beautiful witty jewels
Wit in women is a jewel, which, unlike all others, borrows lustre from its setting, rather than bestows it; since nothing is so easy as to fancy a very beautiful woman extremely witty.
women modest bashful
Women that are the least bashful are often the most modest.
age waste excess
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age.
names inheritance proud
The inheritance of a distinguished and noble name is a proud inheritance to him who lives worthily of it.
powerful heart vanity
Vanity finds in self-love so powerful an ally that it storms, as it were, by a coup de main,, the citadel of our heads, where, having blinded the two watchmen, it readily descends into the heart.
mind pay talent
Gross and vulgar minds will always pay a higher respect to wealth than to talent; for wealth, although it be a far less efficient source of power than talent, happens to be far more intelligible.
lying men shining
Men of great and shining qualities do not always succeed in life, but the fault lies more often in themselves than in others.
horse talking race
Butler compared the tongues of these eternal talkers to race-horses, which go the faster the less weight they carry.
talking judging mind
It has been well observed that the tongue discovers the state of the mind no less than that of the body; but in either case, before the philosopher or the physician can judge, the patient must open his mouth.
responsibility attainment humans
A power above all human responsibility ought to be above all human attainment.