Quotes by Charles Caleb Colton

Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes

#Arguments

The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most...

#Arguments

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

#Attitude, #Men

Our very best friends have a tincture of jealousy even in their friendship; and when...

#Best Friend

Corruption is like a ball of snow, once it's set a rolling it must increase.

#Corruption

It is a mortifying truth, and ought to teach the wisest of us humility, that...

#Discovery

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

#Excess, #Youth

Falsehood is never so successful as when she baits her hook with truth, and no...

#Falsehood

Human foresight often leaves its proudest possessor only a choice of evils

#Foresight

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

#Fortune

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

#Fortune

In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good,...

#Goodness, #Greatness, #Men