That is fine benevolence, finely executed, which, like the Nile, comes from hidden sources.
Charles Caleb ColtonThe study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence.
Charles Caleb ColtonPride is less ashamed of being ignorant, than of being instructed, and she looks too high to find that, which very often lies beneath her.
Charles Caleb ColtonPhysical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another.
Charles Caleb Colton