It is with nations as with individuals, those who know the least of others think the highest of themselves; for the whole family of pride and ignorance are incestuous, and mutually beget each other.
Charles Caleb ColtonAmbition is to the mind what the cap is to the falcon; it blinds us first, and then compels us to tower by reason of our blindness.
Charles Caleb ColtonIf often happens too, both in courts and in cabinets, that there are two things going on together,--a main plot and an under-plot; and he that understands only one of them will, in all probability, be the dupe of both. A mistress may rule a monarch, but some obscure favorite may rule the mistress.
Charles Caleb Colton