Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity, than straightforward and simple integrity in another.

More from Charles Caleb Colton

• Imitation is the sincerest flattery.
• No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.
• Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority.
• There is the 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.
• True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.