"Charles Buxton" was an England/English brewing/brewer, philanthropist, writer and member of Parliament.

Buxton was born in Cobham, Surrey, the third son of Sir Thomas Buxton, 1st Baronet, a notable brewer, MP and social reformer, and followed in his father's footsteps, becoming a partner in the brewery of Old Truman Brewery/Truman, Hanbury, Buxton, & Co in Brick Lane, Spitalfields, London, and then an MP. He served as Liberal Party (UK)/Liberal MP for Newport (Isle of Wight) (UK Parliament constituency)/Newport, Isle of Wight (1857–1859), Maidstone (UK Parliament constituency)/Maidstone (1859–1865) and East Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)/East Surrey (1865–1871). His son Sydney Buxton was also an MP and governor of South Africa.

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Silence is sometimes the severest criticism.

Bad temper is its own scourge. Few things are more bitter than to feel bitter. A man's venom poisons himself more than his victim.

To make pleasures pleasant, shorten them.

You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.

Self-laudation abounds among the unpolished, but nothing can stamp a man more sharply as ill-bred.

The first duty to children is to make them happy, If you have not made them so, you have wronged them, No other good they may get can make up for that.

Experience shows that success is due less to ability that to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work, body and soul.

If we do what is necessary, all the odds are in our favor.

In life, as in chess, forethought wins.

The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon.

Success soon palls. The joyous time is when the breeze first strikes your sails, and the waters rustle under your bows.