A thorough-paced antiquary not only remembers what all other people have thought proper to forget, but he also forgets what all other people think is proper to remember.
Charles Caleb ColtonWhen millions applaud you seriously ask yourself what harm you have done; and when they disapprove you, what good.
Charles Caleb ColtonThere are truths which some men despise because they have not examined, and which they will not examine because they despise. There is one signal instance on record where this kind of prejudice was overcome by a miracle; but the age of miracles is past, while that of prejudice remains.
Charles Caleb Colton