The true measure of your character is what you do when nobody’s watching. Charles Caleb Colton View this quote
We hate some persons because we do not know them; and will not know them because we hate them. Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Colton
Worldly wisdom dictates to her disciples the propriety of dressing somewhat beyond their means, but of living somewhat within them. Charles Caleb Colton
A beautiful woman, if poor, should use double circumspection; for her beauty will tempt others, her poverty herself. Charles Caleb Colton
A fool is often as dangerous to deal with as a knave, and always more incorrigible. Charles Caleb Colton
A high degree of intellectual refinement in the female is the surest pledge society can have for the improvement of the male. Charles Caleb Colton
A house may draw visitors, but it is the possessor alone that can detain them. Charles Caleb Colton
A lady of fashion will sooner excuse a freedom flowing from admiration than a slight resulting from indifference. Charles Caleb Colton
A power above all human responsibility ought to be above all human attainment. Charles Caleb Colton
A public debt is a kind of anchor in the storm; but if the anchor be too heavy for the vessel, she will be sunk by that very weight which was intended for her preservation. Charles Caleb Colton
A wise man may be duped as well as a fool; but the fool publishes the triumph of the deceiver. Charles Caleb Colton
British priest and writer
January 1st, 1780 - January 1st, 1832