30 Quotes by Charles Caleb

Emulation looks out for merits, that she may exalt herself by victory; envy spies out blemishes that she may lower another by defeat

The old ways are the safest and surest ways

All adverse and depressing influences can be overcome, not by fighting, but by rising above them

The young fancy that their follies are mistaken by the old for happiness; and the old fancy that their gravity is mistaken by the young for wisdom

There is this paradox in pride it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so

There is this difference between happiness and wisdom, that he that thinks himself the happiest man really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

No man is wise enough, nor good enough, to be trusted with unlimited power.

Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of tricks and duplicity than straight forward and simple integrity in another.

If rich, it is easy enough to conceal our wealth but, if poor, it is not quite so easy to conceal our poverty. We shall find it is less difficult to hide a thousand guineas, than one hole in our coat.