He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEIt 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.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.
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Ah! when in the immortal ranks enlisted, I sometimes wonder if we shall not find That not by deeds, but by what we’ve resisted, Our places are assigned.
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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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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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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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