If men would only
If men would only take the chances of doing right because it is right, instead of the immediate certainty of the advantage of doing wrong, how much happier would their lives be. Benjamin Haydon
Benjamin Haydon
We are a compound
We are a compound of both here and hereafter; we shall be made responsible for the actions of both while here. Anything beyond this is beyond our power to prove, and would be of no real value if we could. Benjamin Haydon
No man, perhaps, is
No man, perhaps, is so wicked as to commit evil for its own sake. Evil is generally committed under the hope of some advantage the pursuit of virtue seldom obtains. Yet the most successful result of the most virtuous heroism is never without its alloy. Benjamin Haydon
It is better to
It is better to make friends than adversaries of a conquered race. Benjamin Haydon
Invention is totally independent
Invention is totally independent of the will. Benjamin Haydon
Beware of the beginnings
Beware of the beginnings of vice. Do not delude yourself with the belief that it can be argued against in the presence of the exciting cause. Nothing but actual flight can save you. Benjamin Haydon
Never let your love
Never let your love for your profession overshadow your religious feeling. Depend on it that religion will strengthen, not weaken, your energies, and will not only make you a better sailor, but a superior man. Professional studies are not to be neglected; but, on the other hand, take care how you fall into the common … Read more
Mistrusts sometimes come over
Mistrusts sometimes come over one’s mind of the justice of God. But let a real misery come again, and to whom do we fly? To whom do we instinctively and immediately look up? Benjamin Haydon
The longer a man
The longer a man lives in this world the more he must be convinced that all domestic quarrels had better never be obtruded on the public; for, let the husband be right, or let him be wrong, there is always a sympathy existing for women which is certain to give the man the worst of … Read more
Satan is to be
Satan is to be punished eternally in the end, but for a while he triumphs. Benjamin Haydon