It is an awful, an appalling thought, that we may be, this moment and every moment, in the presence of malignant spirits.
Richard WhatelyThose who relish the study of character may profit by the reading of good works of fiction, the product of well-established authors.
Richard WhatelyVices and frailties correct each other, like acids and alkalies. If each vicious man had but one vice, I do not know how the world could go on.
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 Whately