The depreciation of Christianity by indifference is a more insidious and less curable evil than infidelity itself.
Richard WhatelyThe love of admiration leads to fraud, much more than the love of commendation; but, on the other hand, the latter is much more likely to spoil our: good actions by the substitution of an inferior motive.
Richard WhatelyEthical maxims are bandied about as a sort of current coin of discourse, and, being never melted down for use, those that are of base metal are never detected.
Richard WhatelyHonesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.
Richard Whately