No two things differ more than hurry and despatch. Hurry is the mark of a weak mind; despatch of a strong one.
Charles Caleb ColtonLet us not be too prodigal when we are young, nor too parsimonious when we are old. Otherwise we shall fall into the common error of those, who, when they had the power to enjoy, had not the prudence to acquire; and when they had the prudence to acquire, had no longer the power to enjoy.
Charles Caleb ColtonThe French have a saying that whatever excellence a man may exhibit in a public station he is very apt to be ridiculous in a private one.
Charles Caleb ColtonThe avarice of the miser may be termed the grand sepulchral of all his other passions, as they successively decay.
Charles Caleb Colton