Richard WhatelyThinkers

The Child is the tomorrow of society.

Curiosity is as much the parent of attention as attention is of memory.

Eloquence is relative. One can no more pronounce on the eloquence of any composition than the wholesomeness of a medicine, without knowing for whom it is intended.

Failure is avoided only by those who make no effort.

Falsehood is difficult to be maintained. When the materials of a building are solid blocks of stone, very rude architecture will suffice; but a structure of rotten materials needs the most careful adjustment to make it stand at all.

A Fanatic is the subject of strong delusions.

Gambling is necessarily a breach of the tenth commandment, for it always involves a desire to profit at the expense of another.

Good manners is a part of good morals.

Honesty is the best policy, but he who acts on that principle is not an honest man.

An Instinct is a blind tendency to some mode of action, independent of any consideration, on the part of the agent, of the end to which the action leads.