Charles Caleb
Charles Caleb
fancy follies gravity mistaken wisdom
The young fancy that their follies are mistaken by the old for happiness; and the old fancy that their gravity is mistaken by the young for wisdom
becoming men others paradox prevents pride
There is this paradox in pride it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so
above adverse depressing fights-and-fighting influences rising
All adverse and depressing influences can be overcome, not by fighting, but by rising above them
safest surest ways
The old ways are the safest and surest ways
brains display heads knowledge learned pedantry room showy takes
Pedantry is the showy display of knowledge which crams our heads with learned lumber and then takes out our brains to make room for it.
asunder equity god hath law man
Law and equity are two things which God hath joined, but which man has put asunder
becoming men others paradox prevents
There is a paradox in pride: it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.
age both lay shall stock
We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine; but if we defer tasting them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age
hatred pity seldom
Pity is a thing often vowed, seldom felt; hatred is a thing often felt, seldom avowed.
danger fog mystery sun
Mystery magnifies danger, as a fog the sun
duplicity forward full integrity simple straight tricks
Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of tricks and duplicity than straight forward and simple integrity in another.
conceal difficult easy hide hole less quite shall thousand wealth
If rich, it is easy enough to conceal our wealth but, if poor, it is not quite so easy to conceal our poverty. We shall find it is less difficult to hide a thousand guineas, than one hole in our coat.
great minds ready
Great minds must be ready not only to take opportunities, but to make them
cuts double egotism good himself living others permit pleasure prevents suicidal truest wealth
He that will not permit his wealth to do any good to others while he is living prevents it from doing any good to himself when he is dead; and by an egotism that is suicidal and has a double edge, cuts himself off from the truest pleasure here, and t