In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed, we see most dimly the objects which are close around us.
Richard WhatelyThe best security against revolution is in constant correction of abuses and the introduction of needed improvements. It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.
Richard WhatelyAnger requires that the offender should not only be made to grieve in his turn, but to grieve for that particular wrong which has been done by him.
Richard Whately