Remember likewise there are persons who love fewer words, an inoffensive sort of people, and who deserve some regard, though of too still and composed tempers for you.
Joseph ButlerFor as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
Joseph ButlerVirtue is not to be considered in the light of mere innocence, or abstaining from harm; but as the exertion of our faculties in doing good.
Joseph ButlerIn all common ordinary cases, we see intuitively at first view what is out duty, what is the honest part. This is the ground of the observation, that the first thought is often the best. In these cases, doubt and deliberation is itself dishonesty; as it was in Balaam upon the second message.
Joseph Butler