Though not always called upon to condemn ourselves, it is always safe to suspect ourselves.
Richard WhatelyIn our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed, we see most dimly the objects which are close around us.
Richard WhatelyChristianity, contrasted with the Jewish system of emblems, is truth in the sense of reality, as substance is opposed to shadows, and, contrasted with heathen mythology, is truth as opposed to falsehood.
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 Whately