Charles Caleb Colton Quotes
5 quotes from Charles Caleb Colton on investing and entrepreneurship.
On investing
Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by other men.
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.
Wealth... is a relative thing since he that has little and wants less is richer than he that has much but wants more.
On entrepreneurship
Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
No company is preferable to bad. We are more apt to catch the vices of others than virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health.