Quotes by Charles Caleb Colton

Revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude

#Gratitude, #Revenge

Habit will reconcile us to everything but change

#Habit

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

#Honor

Imitation is the sincerest flattery

#Imagination, #Imitation

Most females will forgive a liberty rather than a slight

#Liberty, #Women

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

#Literature, #Mankind

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

#Mathematics

Of all the faculties of the mind, memory is the first that flourishes, the first...

#Memory

Mystery magnifies danger, as a fog the sun

#Mystery

Mystery is not profoundness

#Mystery

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a...

#Moderation

There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and...

#Praise, #Reputation