Honesty is not only the deepest policy, but the highest wisdom; since, however difficult it may be for integrity to get on, it is a thousand times more difficult for knavery to get off; and no error is more fatal than that of those who think that Virtue has no other reward because they have heard that she is her own.
Charles Caleb ColtonGold is worshipped in all climates, without a single temple, and by all classes, without a single hypocrite.
Charles Caleb ColtonA wise minister would rather preserve peace than gain a victory, because he knows that even the most successful war leaves nations generally more poor, always more profligate, than it found them.
Charles Caleb ColtonWe should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one.
Charles Caleb Colton