Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome. — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself. — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of… — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
Truth is not only a man's ornament but his instrument; it is the great man's glory, and the poor man's stock: a man's truth… — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him. — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world. — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
Let us all so live as we shall wish we had lived when we come to die; for that only is well, that ends… — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel. — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor. — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it. — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
