The seat of perfect contentment is in the head; for every individual is thoroughly satisfied with his own proportion of brains.
Charles Caleb ColtonTo dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet.
Charles Caleb ColtonThat writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge and takes from him the least time.
Charles Caleb ColtonThere are two modes of establishing our reputation; to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues.
Charles Caleb ColtonSome 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.
Charles Caleb Colton