Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.
More Quotes from Charles Caleb Colton:
Those who visit foreign nations, but associate only with their own country-men, change their climate, but not their customs. They see new meridians, but the same men; and with heads as empty as their pockets, return home with traveled bodies, but untravelled minds.Charles Caleb Colton
Man, if he compare himself with all that he can see, is at the zenith of power But if he compare himself with all that he can conceive, he is at the nadir of weakness.
Charles Caleb Colton
Pain may be said to follow pleasure, as its shadow but the misfortune is, that the substance belongs to the shadow, and the emptiness to its cause.
Charles Caleb Colton
Early rising not only gives us more life in the same number of years, but adds, likewise, to their number and not only enables us to enjoy more of existence in the same time, but increases also the measure.
Charles Caleb Colton
Hope is a prodigal young heir, and experience is his Banker, but his drafts are seldom honored since there is often a heavy balance against him, because he draws largely on a small capital and is not yet in possession.
Charles Caleb Colton
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