If men would only take the chances of doing right because it is right, instead of the immediate certainty of the advantage of doing wrong, how much happier would their lives be.
BENJAMIN HAYDONIf men would only take the chances of doing right because it is right, instead of the immediate certainty of the advantage of doing wrong, how much happier would their lives be.
BENJAMIN HAYDONNewton’s health, and confusion to mathematics.
BENJAMIN HAYDONHow difficult it is to get men to believe that any other man can or does act from disinterestedness!
BENJAMIN HAYDONTemperance in everything is requisite for happiness.
BENJAMIN HAYDONFortunately for serious minds, a bias recognized is a bias sterilized.
BENJAMIN HAYDONWe are a compound of both here and hereafter; we shall be made responsible for the actions of both while here. Anything beyond this is beyond our power to prove, and would be of no real value if we could.
BENJAMIN HAYDONOne of the surest evidences of an elevated taste is the power of enjoying works of impassioned terrorism, in poetry, and painting. The man who can look at impassioned subjects of terror with a feeling of exultation may be certain he has an elevated taste.
BENJAMIN HAYDONInvention is totally independent of the will.
BENJAMIN HAYDONGenius in poverty is never feared, because nature, though liberal in her gifts in one instance, is forgetful in another.
BENJAMIN HAYDONDo your duty, and don’t swerve from it. Do that which your conscience tells you to be right, and leave the consequences to God.
BENJAMIN HAYDONWhen a man is no longer anxious to do better than well, he is done for.
BENJAMIN HAYDONBeware of the beginnings of vice. Do not delude yourself with the belief that it can be argued against in the presence of the exciting cause. Nothing but actual flight can save you.
BENJAMIN HAYDONThere surely is in human nature an inherent propensity to extract all the good out of all the evil.
BENJAMIN HAYDONThere must be more malice than love in the hearts of all wits.
BENJAMIN HAYDONIt is highly convenient to believe in the infinite mercy of God when you feel the need of mercy, but remember also his infinite justice.
BENJAMIN HAYDONThe only legitimate artists in England are the architects.
BENJAMIN HAYDON