None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEHe that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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The human soul is to God, is as the flower to the sun; it opens at its approach, and shuts when it withdraws.
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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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He that does not repent, sins again.
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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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Truth is not only a man’s ornament but his instrument; it is the great man’s glory, and the poor man’s stock: a man’s truth is his livelihood, his recommendation, his letters of credit.
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No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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Repentance doth alter a man’s case with God: and therefore repentance should alter the case between one man and another.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.
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