None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEThose who live not by law would be justified by Custom: but, as common practice is the worst teacher that ever was, so the truth and goodness of things is not to be estimated by the entertainment and acceptance they find in the world.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
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It is altogether as worthy of God and as much becoming Him to pardon and show mercy, in case of repentance and submission and reformation, as to punish, in case of impenitency and obstinacy.
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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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He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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If a man will be righteous and equal, let him see, with his neighbour’s eyes, in his own case; and with his own eyes, in his neighbour’s case.
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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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A benefactor is a representative of God.
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