Charles Caleb
Charles Caleb
moving eye men
The upright, if he suffer calumny to move him, fears the tongue of man more than the eye of God.
evil choices goods
Life often presents us with a choice of evils, rather than of goods.
littles want wealth
Wealth is a relative thing since those who have little and want less are richer than those who have much but want more.
fancy gravity young
The young fancy that their follies are mistaken by the old for happiness. The old fancy that their gravity is mistaken by the young for wisdom.
thinking vanity
None of us are so much praised or censured as we think.
men fellow-man opinion
The good opinion of our fellow men is the strongest, though not the purest motive to virtue.
running vices common
When all run by common consent into vice, none appear to do so.
men suffering vices
Vice has more martyrs than virtue; and it often happens that men suffer more to be lost than to be saved.
women resentment consequence
Women generally consider consequences in love, seldom in resentment.
war ambition mean
For what are the triumphs of war, planned by ambition, executed by violence, and consummated by devastation? The means are the sacrifice of many, the end, the bloated aggrandizement of the few.
war winning games
War is a game in which princes seldom win, the people never.
fire age youth
A youth without fire is followed by an old age without experience.
stars light darkness
Some frauds succeed from the apparent candor, the open confidence, and the full blaze of ingenuousness that is thrown around them. The slightest mystery would excite suspicion and ruin all. Such stratagems may be compared to the stars; they are discoverable by darkness and hidden only by light.
real passion deceit
As that gallant can best affect a pretended passion for one woman who has no true love for another, so he that has no real esteem for any of the virtues can best assume the appearance of them all.