He who knows himself knows others.

Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

Topics: Self Examination Quotes

Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.

Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.

If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim...

If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim...

To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had...

To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had...

Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as...

Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as...

Never join with your friend when he abuses his horse or his wife, unless the...

Never join with your friend when he abuses his horse or his wife, unless the...

Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple...

Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple...

We ask advice, but we mean approbation.

We ask advice, but we mean approbation.

If a horse has four legs, and I'm riding it, I think I can win.

If a horse has four legs, and I'm riding it, I think I can win.

The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable...

The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable...

The rich are more envied by those who have a little, than by those who...

The rich are more envied by those who have a little, than by those who...

In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those...

In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those...

That writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge and takes from...

That writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge and takes from...

It is doubtful whether mankind are most indebted to those who like Bacon and Butler...

It is doubtful whether mankind are most indebted to those who like Bacon and Butler...

No man is wise enough, nor good enough, to be trusted with unlimited power

No man is wise enough, nor good enough, to be trusted with unlimited power

The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence.

The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence.

To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses...

To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses...

The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events...

The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events...

It is far more easy to acquire a fortune like a knave than to expend...

It is far more easy to acquire a fortune like a knave than to expend...

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may...

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may...

Most of us have the good or bad fortune of seeing our lives fall apart...

Most of us have the good or bad fortune of seeing our lives fall apart...