Quotes from John Churton Collins

Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.

Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel.

There is often less danger in the things we fear than in the things we desire.

The secret of success in life is known only by those who have not succeeded.

If we escape punishment for our vices, why should we complain if we are not rewarded for our virtues?

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery.

In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.

If we knew each other's secrets, what comforts we should find.

Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favor.

Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody.

A fool often fails because he thinks what is difficult is easy.

In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.

Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody.

Truth is the object of philosophy, but not always of philosophers.

The world, like an accomplished hostess, pays most attention to those whom it will soonest forget.

Envy and fear are the only passions to which no pleasure is attached.

A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult.

"The secret of success in life is known only to those who have not succeeded."

If we knew each other's secrets, what comforts we should find.

Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favor.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery.

No one who deserves confidence ever solicits it.

To accept a favor from a friend is to confer one.