Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good–a mere stranger will do no harm.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEHe that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
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The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.
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None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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Let us all so live as we shall wish we had lived when we come to die; for that only is well, that ends well.
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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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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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A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.
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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.
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