Charles Colton Quotations

When we fail our pride supports us and when we succeed, it betrays us.

Our income are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and trip.

It is far more easy to acquire a fortune like a knave than to expend it like a gentleman

Through the proportion of those who think be extremely small, yet every individual flatters himself that he is one of the number

The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storm

Contemporaries appreciate the man rather than his merit; posterity will regard the merit rather than the man

An Irishman fights before he reasons, a Scotchman reasons before he fights, an Englishman is not particular as to the order of precedence, but will do either to accommodate his customers

None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation