Charles Caleb Colton

To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports us - when we succeed, it betrays us. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#fail #his #how #know #loses

We ask advice, but we mean approbation. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#approbation #ask #mean

When you have nothing to say, say nothing. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#say #you

Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#frighten #ghost #her #religion

Commerce flourishes by circumstances, precarious, transitory, contingent, almost as the winds and waves that bring it to our shores. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#bring #circumstances #commerce #contingent #flourishes

Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#brings #constant #out #picture #reverse

Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#contemporaries #merit #person #posterity #rather

Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#doubt #enter #into #must #pass

Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#friendship #holy #itself #made #more

Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#dance #grand #happiness #impels #leads